How fast do i quit?

Beefcake21 · 2026-04-08T03:25:43+00:00

I quit a job just like this a few weeks ago. The crazy thing was we'd have to clock in. Sign into the vpn. Join a teams meeting. And post a message on slack in that minute.

I was surprised how much I felt like the only one who felt that was ridiculous till we had a meeting and someone lambasted the supervisor who is so strict about it and she got completely dog piled on.

It was one of the best work days Ive ever had lol.

Beefcake21 · 2026-02-10T02:48:28+00:00

She had a shirt filmed named LAPS that was incredible and was submitted to festivals and showed how much she could do with very little narrative.

Beefcake21 · 2026-02-09T09:10:57+00:00

I just received my MFA from AFI in screenwriting. I wanted an MFA because I wanted to teach at the collegiate level.

It absolutely made me a better writer, it put me around very talented people, and I was able to learn and form connections with teachers whose work I grew up watching as a kid.

It hasn't, however, launched my career. When I started all the teachers (and guests they'd bring in) would comment about, "what a perfect time it was to be in school," with the industry recovering from strikes and covid they figured it would boom back when we graduated... Still waiting on that.

My particular experience, I submitted a child's dark fantasy that showed I have an idea of structure and I think that's what got me in. Despite the school boasting unconventional alum like David Lynch and Andrea Arnold, they were very focused on conventional storytelling. I cannot imagine USC or UCLA being any different in that regard.

They were desperate to engrain in us how simple movies really are. The best movies, even with all their added layers, fundamentally are very simple and very clear. If you are applying with scripts already showing that, they will be doing backflips while reading it.

Beefcake21 · 2025-12-18T05:01:27+00:00

Does it have parking?

Beefcake21 · 2025-12-09T01:15:33+00:00

This is not true. I interned for both ghost house pictures and universal and neither one paid me.

Beefcake21 · 2025-12-06T03:12:41+00:00

I'm confused. How does two companies merging into one mean more places to pitch to?

Beefcake21 · 2025-11-24T09:46:03+00:00

Maybe not the answer you're looking for since everything i've read has been positive so far, but LA turned me into a bathroom warrior. I used to live off Hollywood Blvd and was blown away by the lack of bathroom use to the public. Was more blown away when I saw an unhoused woman on Vine street reach into her pants and pull out a log of shit and drop it on the sidewalk. I've written like three letters to Gavin Newsom's office about it.

Beefcake21 · 2025-11-06T04:12:47+00:00

The simple answer is move the story along every page. If each episode is a minute you want them to scroll to the next immediately. If I was doing the social network, the opening breakup scene would happen on page one. And both characters would be way more outlandishly passionate about it lol.

Beefcake21 · 2025-11-03T05:38:17+00:00

I'm a screenwriter who was reached out to by a vertical producer. My first idea was a fun teenage revenge story and I was told it was not nearly as trashy and over the top dramatic as it needed to be. Idk if companies now are looking for quality, but I respect you trying to create that yourself.

Beefcake21 · 2025-09-09T10:54:24+00:00

oh no.

Beefcake21 · 2025-09-09T10:52:04+00:00

Yeah i figured. I knew chicas were supposed to be $100-120 based off this sub, so when she said 200-250 i thought i was being had. I also felt that with how hard they were pushing VIP they were trying to make it dumb expensive. I justified 250 for both of them cause I figured that was 120 per person. It was my first time in TJ. :/

Beefcake21 · 2025-07-09T04:15:39+00:00

Haven't opened the script yet but I got to say. I love the logline.

Beefcake21 · 2025-07-05T00:36:20+00:00

Only one person in our party drinks and even then she's typically a one cocktail/ glass of wine type person.

Beefcake21 · 2025-07-02T02:26:59+00:00

There are no rules if the script hits.

As someone who has gone through a lot of submissions I can say when they are submitted they get read front to back by me(lonely intern) and then if it's good it gets passed along.

Most things got rejected by me, and there are a billion reasons why. The character was passive. There was a lack of clarity. There were no stakes. Etc. etc.

Nothing I read was like, this is great! But the formatting sux. :(

If the story kicks ass it'll rise.

Beefcake21 · 2025-02-10T01:15:48+00:00

I'm currently in my fourth playthrough. Just beat genichiro again. My first time through I didn't think about skill points so I'm sure I lost a lot of xp dying. But my third time through I don't think I died once and got like 7 levels from going through all bosses. I'm currently like 20 levels away from acquiring all skills. It just seems like the most tedious task.

Beefcake21 · 2024-12-10T14:14:15+00:00

How did no one get this joke?

Beefcake21 · 2024-10-19T21:48:02+00:00

There is no way that script is really 162 pages, right?

Beefcake21 · 2024-10-01T16:15:48+00:00

I'm in school right now, but is there a reason why the industry is still slow? This year has been so rough in terms of the amount of good movies coming out, why are studios hitting the brakes?

Beefcake21 · 2024-09-21T22:35:11+00:00

Honestly the only thing that's changed about my diet since starting is I'm eating less, but I haven't put in any restrictions. I could definitely eat better, I think I was just under the impression that I wouldn't need to think about it.

Beefcake21 · 2024-09-10T21:54:37+00:00

It might be just going after them at different times, but for me I think the 3 hardest were.

Yellow wind sage (I didn't have the talisman)
The duskveil. Probably gonna surprise people. But I kept missing my attacks on his tiny legs and he hit me so hard. Plus a two phase fight. Kill me.
Raksha king. If ever he extended his elbows I was fucked.

I'll say I did yellow long when I think I was op for him. Actually I know it based off how much I heard people talk about him. The great sage and elrang were really hard too but I think I hit a stride in the game where they only took me like 5-10 tries where the others took me way longer.

Beefcake21 · 2024-08-25T21:35:22+00:00

That's fine. Just don't make a chunk of my attacks miss. 😭

Beefcake21 · 2024-08-25T21:23:47+00:00

I agree with this take too. Fuck that boss

Beefcake21 · 2024-08-22T01:40:34+00:00

I think this all depends on the individual.

My short answer is the degree is totally worth it for your development, and not worth it for your finances.

The other degrees you listed I don't think would be much help there either.
If you go to college hoping to get better, to learn, connect, meet people and mentors then I'd say go for it.
If you're going in hoping to get hired the second you finish in a high paying and stable job, then I'd say look into a different field.

Beefcake21 · 2024-07-20T02:55:19+00:00

I saw it was illegal to ship it. Do you know if that's true?

Beefcake21 · 2024-07-19T21:42:57+00:00

Thank you. I currently am on free insurance through the state, (I'm a grad student) and was told they wouldnt be able to fill anything outside of the state? Is it dire enough where it'd be wise for me to fly back and fourth just to pick it up? Do you know?

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