Kathryn and I have been working on the if/come project and one of the things Kathryn said that deserves it’s own post is the three miracles in Hollywood:
Miracle 1: 💰 You get paid. And beyond just getting paid, we’re talking about getting paid to work on your idea. Because most of the work you do is for free, or if not for free it’s for someone else’s thing. Getting paid to work on your own stuff is a miracle.
Miracle 2: 📺 It gets made. Most of what you develop will never made. Kathryn has written so much amazing stuff that just gets shelved. It’s heartbreaking. For everything that gets made there are maybe a hundred or a thousand projects that were bought but never put into production.
Miracle 3: 👍 It’s good. Everyone is trying to make good stuff, but making TV is very hard. Plus there are a lot of people trying to reduce risks, which ends up watering down good ideas. People get involved who are willing to spend millions of dollars but then they get a little scared and it’s just very hard to make something good at the scale of television.
We’re launch if/come soon (maybe we already have by the time you’re reading this), so if you want to learn how Kathryn has perfected her pitch process and learn her ways you can sign up at ifcome.substack.com.