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Bill Broyles
Screenwriter and Author.
Screenwriting credits include Cast Away (2000) and co-writing credits for Unfaithful
(2002), Planet of the Apes (2001), and Apollo 13 (1995).
The author of the highly-regarded Vietnam War memoir, "Brothers in Arms."
Q. What does your typical workday look like?
A. Typical day is lots of writing, some business work on the phone, reading, research. About 10-12 hours. Writing is one part inspiration and nine parts perspiration.
Q. What do you like best about your job/career?
A. I like best the opportunity to be creative and the freedom to set my own schedule.
Q. What do you find most frustrating?
A. Most frustrating is I wish I had more inspiration and less perspiration.
Q. What kinds of experience and course work should a student focus on to pursue a career like yours?
A. For writing, the two best things to do are to read a lot, paying attention to how good writers write, and, so far as courses go, focus less on writing classes than on learning something that gives you a way to see the world and your experience: could be English, psychology, law; could be medicine, social work, science. You can turn whatever you love into writing. That's always best.
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