[CharlieDontSurf]

"There are absolutely brilliant writers in Los Angeles. And they are definitely briliant writers in the rest of the world who will never break in because they don't want to move to Los Angeles, get an agent, and go through the process."


There are brilliant writers who don't break into TV because they don't want to write for TV.

Just like there are probably brilliant novelists who don't break into the industry because they prefer to write for some random TV show etc.

Agree with u on the reality TV thing...but this whole debate started because I said that there is not a huge wealth of screenwriters and screenplays laying undiscovered by Hollywood and that if you just gave any joe blo the shot at writing on a tv show they would fail...miserably. The vast majority of aspiring screenwriters and screenplays suck or are not even remotely commercial.

Writing is a skill. There are many specific and specialized types of writing. If your good at one it is likely that you would stand a better chance at being good at another but it is no guarantee and you might be awful at writing for tv, or writing a novel, or writing for Time Magazine while brilliant at another.

So the notion that because there are lots of brilliant writers in LA and other city...who would obv be brilliant TV writers if they bothered to try is retarded. It is likely that they would stand a better chance than the reality tv contestant but its still no guarantee.