Marcus Perkins Bejarano is Punching Up: How To Get Into A Hollywood Writing Program

What happens when a high-stakes commercial real estate lawyer decides to trade the courtroom for a writer’s room? This week I talk to Marcus Perkins Bejarano, a graduate of the Nickelodeon Writing Program and writer on the Victorious (with Ariana Grande!) spinoff, Hollywood Arts. Marcus talks about his journey from a Dallas law firm, to an MFA in Musical Theater at NYU, to a writing fellowshipt, to a writers' room. We get into the "interview gauntlet" of Hollywood fellowships, the unique challenge of "group writing" for sitcoms, and why being just a little bit delusional could be your greatest superpower as a writer (obviously it would be X-ray vision for just anybody).