Screenwriting 101: Lori Evans Taylor

“I worked for a manager named Jay Bernstein. He was one of the very first managers in the business. He represented Susan Summers, and Farrah Fawcett. One of the things he said was that… having someone say one nice thing about you is worth you saying 100 nice things about yourself. You can go out, and ask people, ‘Hey, read my script,’ but if you have somebody who’s a fan of yours, and who champions you, if that person sends it to one other person, it’s probably going to get read. That’s what this business is about, doing good work, and ultimately if you do good work, you’re going to develop fans. And building those relationships will eventually help you get to a place where you can, hopefully, get movies made.”

— Lori Evans Taylor

From Go Into The Story interview, September 19, 2015

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