Hi everyone, hopefully someone might read this and not be upset at this broad cry for help on entering the film industry for writing.
I'd love to write, in some form, and have heard of writer's assistants, and eventually working upwards from there. However, to become a writer's assistant I would need to go to grad school or get some good internships related to the industry, at the least. For now, grad school seems to be an impossibility (just got rejected, probably never could have afforded it anyway - I'm Canadian so that would be 60k a year). In terms of internships, no place seems to want me for my lack of experience. I applied to things in Toronto (TIFF for example), but I'm sadly underqualified, and they don't really want to see your writing so much as your work/volunteer experience. So right now it just seems like there's no way to even begin to work towards my goal. I'd love to pull all-nighters and tear at my hair until I got bald from all the stress of trying to become a recognized screenwriter, but I can't seem to even get a glimpse at any opportunity to enter the industry. Even though Toronto is great, I wouldn't even know where to start here, without spending a lot of money on classes and meeting people that way.
Does anyone have any advice, or any insights? Is volunteering my only option at this point?
Thank you for reading.
I'd love to write, in some form, and have heard of writer's assistants, and eventually working upwards from there. However, to become a writer's assistant I would need to go to grad school or get some good internships related to the industry, at the least. For now, grad school seems to be an impossibility (just got rejected, probably never could have afforded it anyway - I'm Canadian so that would be 60k a year). In terms of internships, no place seems to want me for my lack of experience. I applied to things in Toronto (TIFF for example), but I'm sadly underqualified, and they don't really want to see your writing so much as your work/volunteer experience. So right now it just seems like there's no way to even begin to work towards my goal. I'd love to pull all-nighters and tear at my hair until I got bald from all the stress of trying to become a recognized screenwriter, but I can't seem to even get a glimpse at any opportunity to enter the industry. Even though Toronto is great, I wouldn't even know where to start here, without spending a lot of money on classes and meeting people that way.
Does anyone have any advice, or any insights? Is volunteering my only option at this point?
Thank you for reading.