Hollywood Hoaxes and Myths

“They won’t read new writers.”

Richard Walter
Moving Pictures
Published in
3 min readOct 26, 2021

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Photo by Ron Lach

I’ve written previously about various Hollywood hoaxes and myths.

Some among them include the (false) notions that screenwriting success is all about connections, that audiences (and therefore also producers) demand screenplays that have happy endings, that the focus on the bottom line is unique to the filmed entertainment racket, that…

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Richard Walter
Moving Pictures

Screenwriter, bestselling author, and 40 years leadership @ UCLA’s prestigious screenwriting program. Get 40 lessons from 40 years: richardwalter.com/newsletter