Ep 52 – It’s struggling and it’s pain and it’s failure

Write Along with David and Cargill

Nov 23, 2019TV & Film

Cargill and David discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s recent advice on whether or not you should try to “win the lottery” by submitting your script to a studio. McQuarrie has since taken down the Twitter th...

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