# The Business of Art

Newsflash to those sitting in a classroom right now or are considering registering for the fall semester … Classes do not hold any value whatsoever for a future employer.

There was a moment, where I just knew I needed to shake things up ... “I'm gonna leave my job.” And I put in my two-weeks’ notice.

Someone asked me this week for the latest and greatest, “right,” right now, new ideas in book marketing.

... a little piece of my heart whispered: This could be a place where you could write, too.

I’m sorry, or you’re welcome …

... how-to guides, tutorials, FAQs, listicles—they’re all often considered evergreen. But what about evergreen scripts?

Bringing up the subject to a few friends, I realized we all had kept the same deep, dark secrets to ourselves.

Consider them positive thoughts, helpful suggestions, and a few cautionary warnings regarding the pursuit of cinema in Hollywood.

In recent years, as studios scramble to make up for decades of exclusion, I’ve witnessed a troubling trend: diversity has become a commodity, something to acquire and display rather than a reality to embrace.

Did I ever expect it to get made? Nope. Not from the minute I wrote it.

Numbers and processes matter and understanding why and how they matter and how to work with each is fundamental to working smarter not harder.

Are we being noted to death by fear-stricken development execs who are too timid to put something up on screens that swings for the fences ... ?

Andrew Hewitt shares the emotional nature of film scoring, his process with directors, and what he wishes other creatives understood about composition.

If merely one soul had to suffer the indignity that the collection of out-of-work writers below suffered, there might be no chance of recovery.

... you never know who’s going to be inspired by the art that you create. The art you create, creates art.