Monday, Jun. 21

Journalists Becoming Screenwriters

As the Internet makes traditional news sources less and less relevant, trained journalists are making the switch to the wonderful world of screenwriting:

As an ink-stained scribbler the last 10 years, I’ve sat in the same chair in our family room, eating ham sandwiches, very much alone. Don’t get me wrong, I do enjoy the amount of creative control I have in that process, and I like the one-on-one transaction with the reader,” says Eddie, a journalism graduate from Columbia University, who also pens an advice column for The Globe’s Life section…”But working on The Yard is a lot of fun and very social”

Yes, getting notes is a lot of fun.