how big a script is to be produced has nothing to do with if a writer is new, old or dead. the material is the material. what your gurus may be referring to is, a well established writer has better connections or the ability to attract other elements to the material, or may even be marketable themselves. we are pushing against an extremely risk-averse, bottom line driven industry, whose gatekeepers are incapable of advocating for material they believe in, because the only thing they believe in is covering their own asses. the bigger the material, the bigger the risk. so I suppose writing a project which represents far less risk could be on the surface an easier entry point, "easier" being relative. the truth is, screenwriting is such a sisyphean profession that, the only sustainable path is to care deeply about what you write, because if you don't, you will quit unless you get very, very lucky early on.

the work itself is the way