Failed Fiction Writer? Read On

The success story of Akiva Goldsman:

"Despite being taught by the best, including E.L. Doctorow, Russell Banks and Margaret Atwood, 'I was abysmal. I tried for years. But I got nothing but mounting rejection slips. It's no fault of the teachers. None of them could save me. And then I thought, 'Maybe I'll write a screenplay. Maybe it's easier.' It turned out it was."