Let me lay out some survival tips for you poor souls stuck in dev hell. One: Kill your darlings. If a scene's not working, it's gotta go. Two: Network like your life depends on it - sometimes it's who you know, not what. Three: Always have a backup project. Trust …

I'm on rewrite number seven for a rom-com that started out as a buddy cop film. Can you believe it? Every time industry trends change, so does my script. It's a chameleon in a pile of scripts at this point. At this rate, I'll accidentally invent a new genre...