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I read the follow excerpt from an article called “The Overjustification Effect” that I found on a website called YouAreNotSoSmart.com. I should have known any article from a website by that name would piss me off.It’s a long piece with a lot of history on psychologists’ understandings of the way humans are motivated and fulfilled – interesting stuff if you’re interested in that stuff. Below …

You won’t be shocked to hear that this recent Forbes article on young women burning out at work before the age of 30 caught my eye. I am a woman. I am burning out at work, and I am before the age of 30. The piece is a good read on a very interesting topic, but I think it missed one big area of “why” …

There is nothing quite as terrifying as the moment you receive notes on the first draft of the first feature film you’ve ever written, especially if those notes are coming from the person who has elected to date you. “Notes” is the catch-all term for suggested changes to your draft, AKA a line-by-line review of all the things you did poorly/wrong. This makes the notes …

Have you heard about this whole “interns sue Fox Searchlight” situation? It’s a really interesting story. The basics are that two men – one Alex Footman (a 2009 Weslyan Grad who interned as a production PA) and one Eric Glatt (a 42-year-old with an MBA who interned in the film’s accounting department) – are now suing Fox Searchlight with hopes of securing a class action …

Below is an update from that good friend of mine who up and quit his job a few months ago. When I last wrote, I was fresh off of making one of the most critical decisions in my life. While I was uncertain with what lay ahead, I was confident in the decision I had made, knowing that eventually the pieces would come together. I …

…as far as I know. Step 1: Consume a daily content cocktail of Deadline Hollywood, Variety, The Hollywood Reporter, and Entertainment Weekly (In magazine form. Their website sucks). Step 2: Arrive at the conclusion that if all these fools can sell a screenplay, so can I! Step 3: Spend 4-6 months pitching your boyfriend anywhere from 0-56 film concepts a week. Step 4: Deliver one, …