Your “Values” as an Artist

Artistic vs. Monetary: Would you sell your soul?

Seda A.
2 min readMay 15, 2024
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Soulless art…

Would you sell your soul for fame and money?

Recently, I’ve been reconsidering all the screenwriting advice I got from seasoned writers, producers, and filmmakers in Hollywood.

Michael Jamin keeps saying, “LOOK LIKE A BAG OF MONEY, and Hollywood will come to you.”

There’s a book titled, “Steal like an artist.”

There are many screenwriting articles that state, “Every screenwriter should be a creative thief.”

WHY?!

Because they want so-called “art” that makes them a ton of money.

Money is the only thing that they want.

If you look like a bag of money, meaning you have successfully stolen a concept from a successful movie or show, and you have recycled it in a way that not many people can tell, then you can sell your project.

Then by attaching a big celebrity to the project, which is literally called “packaging” in Hollywood, you can reach to the masses and make millions, if not billions, of dollars.

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Seda A.

Screenwriter & Storyteller, coming from Chemical & Biological Engineering and Music background ✍🏼👩🏽‍🔬⚗️🎹🎻🎤🔮