The gap of selling a script and becoming a working screenwriter that makes a living is a LOT larger than anyone ever thought.

Expanded:

Nobody ever thought that selling a script or getting a movie made wouldn’t lead to the next job. It seems like an obvious element of your monumental achievement. Hell, you had a movie made. What’s next?

See… I always thought selling a script or getting a movie made would make it easier to get your next project set up. Make it easier to make a living. To get signed. To open up some new exciting doors because you broke the odds. At least, make it easier to do shitty movies and make a living. No. This is a fallacy. Each project is its own war, and getting it made, unless it’s for a reoccurring deal or marketplace or studio who’s given you several pictures, means you’re back to square one. With a bag of money and some IMDB credits. Which is great. Don’t get me wrong.

But we are seeing something that nobody thought possible now…

Majority of WGA members aren’t making livable wages from their writing.