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I don’t really know how to start this blog. How do I accurately portray everything I want to achieve into one blog post?
In fact, maybe more to the point, how do I present this material in a way that people will want to read? That is the eternal conundrum, I suppose.
Well I for starters, I should say that I will not be pushed to posting pornography on my page to increase my web traffic. I am already whoring my mind out to Hollywood, I would prefer it if my body remained mine alone (NB. With some notable exceptions…Leighton Meester, if that is the cost of writing your next movie – I will bite the bullet).
Okay, you know what, I’m just going to dive in. My name is Guy Hugo, I am 19 years old, from London and I want to write and produce films which can both be statistically successful, but also be arty and interesting, in Hollywood. Huh…that was easier than I thought… (writing it down, at least!)
I do feel as if that statement rather glorifies things, though. I say this as I look out onto the wrong side of the Hollywood Hills from my shared apartment in Burbank. I have for many years dreamed of moving to the US, and living my dream of becoming a writer in LA. I am closer than I was, but still further than I would care to believe. I am currently doing a 2 month screenwriting course at the NYFA in Burbank, and my time in the US will end when my Visa does – July 28th. At that point – when my money runs out – I will move back to the UK, get a low level job and spend many years trying to work myself up the film making ladder. But, as an (at times unreasonably) ambitious person – I want to try and do things in a slightly different way. It has taken me 19 years to get to the US. I don’t want to have to leave.
So here is my current predicament. The only way I can stay in the US is if I keep my student visa (i.e. renew it and do another academic course). I have worked out that in order to stay here in LA and do another course until October (when the next full time 3 year course starts) I need to raise roughly $9000.
This is where the story begins to get interesting. I am currently working on 3 screenplays and a short (ish) 170-200 page novel. I need to complete these in the next two months and try and market them (I may go down the self-publishing-self-advertising route for my book) to the necessary people, in order to have any hope of raising the required funds (my visa does not permit me to work in the US).
So there, I suppose, you have it. My blog my world. Over the next few months, I will write about my process for writing screenplays and novels. I will write about my progress, about the people I meet and the city (I, as an Englishman, refer to myself as living ‘In LA’, even though I realize that I am living in Burbank – but they’re basically the same, right?) I live in. So hopefully I will be able to take you on my journey, and I hope it turns out to be an interesting one, and that I’m not just another wannabe artist, kicking dust on Hollywood Boulevard.
Oh my God. I just spelled realise as realize. The Americans are getting to me already.
Thank you all for reading, I will be updating regularly so make sure you follow if you are interested in hearing my story.
Guy
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