Michael, absolutely true.
That said, there is a path of least resistance to breaking into Hollywood and that is — in part — staying “within the lines” of…
Michael, absolutely true. New writers get dinged all the time by script readers, from those who provide coverage to production execs, for not aligning with screenwriting conventions. That’s why I tell my students, they should feel free to write however their creative instincts lead them, but it must always be in service to the story. If they’re writing a page-long monologue just to be like Tarantino or Sorkin, no. Don’t do that. It must come from the character and the situation. The story rules.
That said, there is a path of least resistance to breaking into Hollywood and that is — in part — staying “within the lines” of expectations of what a screenplay should look like.
Whatever the case, you need to write the hell out of it and create a compelling story feature multidimensional characters.