Screenplays in the Closet, Part II

So I have two new friends with screenplays in the closet. One now works in the business side of healthcare and has given up on the TV scripts he was writing and sending out, but the other is still working on his, and he wants me to help him edit one that he is about to send out. Ironically he also mentioned that he was friends with a former personal assistant to Alicia Silverstone. When I first arrived in L.A., someone told me she needed an assistant, and I sent off a letter, but I never heard back. That's been par for the course with the P.A. gigs. I never heard back about the Garry Shandling possibility either.

I've never worked on a screenplay, so I guess I'll see if I am able to be of any help.

Screenplays in the Closet

So far I've met three people who moved to L.A. to become screenwriters. One (a lawyer) gave up completely after his first year in L.A., the other (a teacher) has a closetful of screenplays that he still hopes to sell after he gets a book published, and the third is still plugging away, finishing up a screenplay while he works in the entertainment industry.

So it's true, lots of screenplays in the closet here.

In other aspirant news, I ran into my aspiring actress friend J., the Brit, on the street the other day. She was eating outside at Toast. After receiving the two parking tickets, she was involved in a car accident that totalled the used car she had just bought. Poor thing! Getting in a car accident here is my biggest fear...