HeyJaredHollyweird with Colby Day
A newsletter about writing and living in Hollywood (a totally normal place)
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Winning the lottery (opens the original)
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Over the past couple weeks I’ve had lunch with a few different writers, all of whom I’ve known for a very long time. Some of them are working. Some of them aren’t. All of them are looking for more.There’s a general script that these Hollywood catch ups tend to follow. And a lot of it is complaining. How hard it is to get a movie made. How hard it is to then get a good movie made. How hard it is to sell a good movie. How hard it is to get people to see that good movie even if you have made it and
The recipe for a “perfect” creative day (opens the original)
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It’s been a decent work week. Last week I set my rewrite goal of going from 114 pages down to 99 (while also expanding on some stuff, I know, rewrites are always pulling in two directions) and have the script down to 102. Which isn’t 99. But it does make 99 seem… possible?Wednesday was a perfect kind of writing day. Went to my office early, made a cup of coffee, dove back into rewrites (that I already had planned, so just needed to execute). Zoom with a potential
Playing the hyper-focused visionary (opens the original)
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For the past few months I’ve been juggling. I’ve been pitching an original idea for a feature film, I’ve been pitching an original series, I’ve been pitching on open writing assignments.I’ve also been trying to just write that original feature I’m pitching, while pitching, as a backstop so that I make it through this pitch season with some finished work, rather than a long list of pitch meetings that ultimately didn’t land me anything.Also also, I had been helping Emma as she approached picture
AMC getting into distribution is bad for business actually (opens the original)
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This week AMC theaters announced they’re getting into the distribution business, launching a new venture called Leawood Films. Because I follow a lot of indie (and/or “Non-dē”) filmmakers, and we are desperate for signs of good movie news, I have seen a tremendous amount of excited “Yes! More of this!” coverage of this development. I’m guessing people hope that this means a new, creative enterprise for helpi
Hollyweird Hang starts in one hour (opens the original)
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Just a friendly 11AM reminder that the monthly Hollyweird Hang, your chance to get office hours with me and talk through whatever craft/career questions you might have, is starting in just under an hour. I’ll be on at 12PM PT and available!Feel free to drop in.Here’s the link. Read more
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