Writers of Time, Wreck and A Thousand Blows on how to write TV drama
“I absolutely hate rejection. I cry… I love these projects. I really hate it when producers act like it doesn’t matter and say: ‘We just roll again tomorrow, Helen.’ Of course, you roll again tomorrow, but today I want to sob.”
Screenwriter Helen Black was discussing the biggest downside of her job at an RTS Futures event in September, which examined what it takes to make a living out of screenwriting.
She continued: “You end up working on a lot of projects that are never going to be in production and that’s heartbreaking.”