Any other members of Writers Guild of America here?

[mainer]

I was recently accepted as a member (WGA-E), and I'd love to hear about experiences in Hollywood from other screenwriters. So far my first work with a studio is going pretty smoothly, already greenlit and going to casting, but I know there are lots of heartbreaking tales of greenlit projects that then vanished into oblivion.

[padah513]

1. Oh wow!!!

Congrats on your success.

[mainer]

2. In this business, success is also a matter of luck

And it's never guaranteed. I wrote a script on a lark (it's not my usual writing form) and was surprised when it got picked up.

[ret5hd]

3. Am I in it? I'm ready for my closeup.

[SheltieLover]

4. Congrats!

[Lucinda]

5. ❤️ ✿❧🌿❧✿ ❤️

[mainer]

6. Well, as is the usual journey in TV/film...

it has taken a left turn.

I've been paid well, the TV film was greenlit, they hired a director, they were going to casting ...

And then the TV channel changed direction and decided not to air any more police procedurals for now (as the one they aired a few months ago bombed horribly. Nothing to do with us.)

So -- I've sold the script, got THIS close ... and now it's all on hold. A similar story told by screenwriters everywhere.