I got my first TV writing job at 55. It was hard being the oldest person in the room — but I'm glad I never gave up.
, before I had any real TV writing job. All this person knew was that after 20 years, I was still out there hustling and living my craft. writing contests
ad nauseam — I'd enter and there would be no wins for awhile, then suddenly the next year I'd make it to the quarterfinals, and then a few years after that, I'd make the semi-finals. It wasn't panning out, but entering contests gave me confidence in my writing because it showed me that people who didn't know me or love me were responding to it.
. When I won the award, I was flown to Miami for the festival — two other writers and I were treated like the toast of the festival. The executive who'd read my work was a Black woman at a network, and I met her there. She was really, really complimentary. After the festival, she says to call her in a couple of weeks so she can set up some meetings for me. She seemed really excited about my show — but when I got back and called her, the meeting we set up kept getting pushed. When I was finally able to get in touch with her again by phone, the first thing she said was,"You have 15 minutes. What do you want?" I knew it wasn't going to go anywhere after that.as well, but nothing came of it because the TV industry changes so quickly.
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