It’s quite a dilemma for Joe. He cannot choose between his wife Sarah or…….his pair of pink, polka-dotted boxers.

JOE takes a quick look at his boxers

SARAH SLAMS the door as she leaves. JOE hugs his pink, polka-dotted boxers and smiles.

Joe and Sarah’s exchange—no matter how great of an advice it serves for people to never get their spouse a pair of pink, polka-dotted boxers—is a form of screenwriting. I say, films cannot exist without the simple act of writing—it is what films rely on to make its final product presentable and sensible to the viewers. Whether it is directing a scene, formulating a plot, or actors speaking lines, there has to be something written to make all these activities work. Maybe, in hundred more years, there will be machines that can encode scripts into people’s brains without having it written down on a piece of paper, but for now, WE NEED SCREENWRITERS.

But, bloody hell, the road to becoming a successful scriptwriter is long and hard. If you are un-established, it could take years and years before your script finally gets noticed by an agent or a production company. And, who’s to say your spec scripts will get sold? Nowadays, thousands from around the globe are vying to get their scripts sold and be turned into multi-million earning films. It is a fierce market out there…Who will come out on top?

On final note, to all the aspiring writers: Keep writing, writing and writing!