RE: Hollywood Highs and Lows (A THREAD) One week before Christmas, I got a call from my rep informing me she's getting out of management to pursue her own writing career. Suddenly, I was very unceremoniously, without a rep; this, mere weeks before we were going to take my action comedy script out - ThreadSky

samtahhan.bsky.social • 123 days ago

RE: Hollywood Highs and Lows (A THREAD)

One week before Christmas, I got a call from my rep informing me she's getting out of management to pursue her own writing career. Suddenly, I was very unceremoniously, without a rep; this, mere weeks before we were going to take my action comedy script out

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restinnette.bsky.social•123 days ago

I’m so glad you’re keeping on keeping on, Sam! Stay busy and keep creating!

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

Thanks, R.E.! Much appreciated. Talk soon!

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

(2) on the town and also get a thriller feature from a Canadian playwright set up for me to direct and also get contracts signed for a feature I've been asked to direct that's going to BlumHouse and also shoot a sketch comedy TV pilot. So did the call feel like a kick to the gut? Yes. Did I mope?

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

(3) A little. But then I did the thing you do in order to have a career in this industry. I got back to work. Finished the feature. Then helped set up the sketch comedy show (that I'm flying out today to shoot). And hopped on a call with the producers to ensure I'm still their director (I still am).

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

(4) And I did all this bc there's one thing a lot of writers misunderstand about having a rep. That is: your rep doesn't do the work. YOU DO. They may get you a meeting or an audition from time to time. But it's YOU who has to make the most out of your workday. YOU who has to write your ass off.

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

(5) YOU who has to study the art of screenwriting (and read David Mamet's ON DIRECTING FILM). And YOU who has to sometimes put in your own money to shoot your film or at least beg your friends to work for peanuts...(which they'll do if they believe in you...and they will if you're both good at your

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

(6) job and not a jerk). So here I am; without a rep (after having one for FOUR years). And, given the state of the industry, it may take time to land another one. But I'm confident I will because good reps want to sign people who are easy to work with and will generate their own steam. Given that,

samtahhan.bsky.social•123 days ago

(7) I'm not one to wait around. So I'm gonna keep doing what I'm doing. And while I hope someday I'll find someone I clicked with as much as I did Audrey, I'm satisfied for now knowing I'm getting stronger as a writer/director (and will continue to do so for the rest of my life). And that excites

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