Dramatic Sales Writing

The other alternative for fiction writers is to get
work within the modern day equivalent of pulp
fiction -- television.

It's not as easy as writing for the pulps.

You almost have to live in Los Angeles or New York
City.

It's extremely competitive.

As local cable TV stations grow and have time to
fill, it's more possible to break into the industry
at your local level. Here in St Louis there was a
cab driver with a collection of bizarre friends who
put on a very strange TV show in the late 80s, early
90s or so. I think his diabetis finally killed him.

But he was still driving a cab -- so he did not make
much money.

Another possible alternative is the Christian market,
if that appeals to you. I have heard that there are
companies making low-budget Christian movies that
are distributed on cable or via DVD. The success of
THE PASSION has probably increased this.

However, that is not right for everybody and I am
sure that the money for scripting writing is still
limited.

For some time to come, the big money in script
writing for TV and film comes from Hollywood and
Manhattan.

And it is highly competitive. You may have to go
through hell just to find an agent who will even
take a look at your sample script.