Comments on: After Your First Paying Gig http://dfmamea.com/blog/2007/04/28/after-your-first-paying-gig/ A New Zealand screenwriter. A blank screen. And an internet connection. Mon, 21 Jul 2008 01:15:39 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.2.2 By: d f mamea http://dfmamea.com/blog/2007/04/28/after-your-first-paying-gig/#comment-80 d f mamea Mon, 30 Apr 2007 04:47:16 +0000 http://dfmamea.com/blog/2007/04/28/after-your-first-paying-gig/#comment-80 thanks, Mr T. it was a just general kinda post, kicked off by someone asking what a professional writer had to be aware of in a business sense. i also think you're far too modest in your "I haven't hit that point yet" - you're a self-starter in that you get your money almost directly from your audience, not a worker-bee like myself who relies on producers to pay up (and inherent in that producer-writer relationship are all sorts of strings and steel hawsers). thanks, Mr T. it was a just general kinda post, kicked off by someone asking what a professional writer had to be aware of in a business sense.

i also think you’re far too modest in your “I haven’t hit that point yet” - you’re a self-starter in that you get your money almost directly from your audience, not a worker-bee like myself who relies on producers to pay up (and inherent in that producer-writer relationship are all sorts of strings and steel hawsers).

]]> By: Amit http://dfmamea.com/blog/2007/04/28/after-your-first-paying-gig/#comment-78 Amit Sun, 29 Apr 2007 10:51:08 +0000 http://dfmamea.com/blog/2007/04/28/after-your-first-paying-gig/#comment-78 CONGRATS!!! You fully deserved that - it was a long time coming. As far as those questions go - can't be of much help as I haven't hit that point yet - I am still "a wet nosed I'll-get-around-to-it" dreamer. (:-) CONGRATS!!! You fully deserved that - it was a long time coming. As far as those questions go - can’t be of much help as I haven’t hit that point yet - I am still “a wet nosed I’ll-get-around-to-it” dreamer. (:-)

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