Diablo Cody wins Oscar, brings hope to aspiring screenwriters

So tonight Diablo Cody won the Oscar for Best Original Screenplay. Why should you care? It was her first screenplay. If this doesn’t inspire you, the aspiring screenwriter, then I don’t know what will. She went from being a blogger to writing a screenplay and now she’s an Oscar winner.

This just goes to show that anybody can make it as a screenwriter long as you write something good. It doesn’t matter where you come from or if you know someone who knows someone at a studio. If you genuinely write something good, it will get noticed.

So let Diablo Cody’s win be an inspiration to you to keep writing. But remember to write from the heart and not from the wallet. Don’t worry about whether or not you think your screenplay will sell. Worry about telling a great story with great characters because while big budget, special effects driven movies make a lot of movie, they aren’t remembered 20 years down the line. Nobody will say, “Hey, remember Transformers?”, they’ll say, “Remember No Country for Old Men? Remember the coin toss scene at the gas station? Wasn’t that an amazing scene that sent chills down your spine?” And you will agree.

02/24/2008 | Screenwriting | Comments

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