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Now that Hollywood is dead, it\u2019s time to pivot to marketing. Just kidding\u2014A.I. took most of those jobs. Luckily, your unique skill set is the perfect match for the following professions:<\/p>\n

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Teacher<\/strong><\/p>\n

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You\u2019ve come so far in your career, and have the r\u00e9sum\u00e9 to prove it. Sure, it\u2019s a little dusty, and now there\u2019s a budding, young actor with your exact same name, which kind of muddles your IMDb presence\u2014but still. You\u2019ve worked on exciting projects! It\u2019s time to put all that experience to good use. And by that I mean convincing twentysomethings to ask their parents for money to take your Zoom class on pilot writing.<\/p>\n

Novelist<\/strong><\/p>\n

The TV and moviemaking industries have become so anemic that we\u2019ve been forced to look elsewhere for entertainment, and have collectively remembered I.P. Oops\u2014I mean novels! Hooray. It\u2019ll feel great to get back to your roots. You fell in love with novels to begin with, remember? You adored how fiction could transport you from your humdrum life into other worlds. Now it\u2019s your turn\u2014nay, your destiny<\/em>\u2014to create those worlds. Maybe you\u2019ll come up with something about a guy named Paxton\u2014that\u2019s a pretty cool name\u2014who slowly realizes that, while he\u2019s been breaking stories in a TV writers\u2019 room, the TV industry has been breaking him. Wow. Now get to the nearest coffee shop and pound out eighty thousand words so that a friend-of-a-friend literary agent can tell you to rewrite the whole thing with more gay hockey.<\/p>\n

Eldercare<\/strong><\/p>\n

It\u2019s time to move back home. Not because you need to, but because your parents need you to. No matter that they\u2019re actually doing fine, enjoying their retirement, and that you honestly just kind of get in their way. It\u2019s all about how you frame it. In fact, there will be a day when your dad asks you to help move a dresser, and you will do this with admirable overpriced-pilates-derived ease. Your contribution will be called \u201cinvaluable\u201d by your pops. Invaluable! That\u2019s even better than money. Which is fitting, because you have none.<\/p>\n

Read more Chronicle of a Disaster Foretold<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

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Standup Comedian<\/strong><\/p>\n

Yes, it pays less than minimum wage\u2014and that\u2019s if<\/em> you get paid\u2014but, on the bright side, you\u2019ll get lots of blurry photos of you sweating near a microphone in a mostly empty, windowless club on a Monday afternoon. Don\u2019t forget to post to Instagram and TikTok seven times a day so you can build a following that allows you to book those coveted Tuesday spots.<\/p>\n

Critic<\/strong><\/p>\n

Ten years ago, you attended a housewarming party to which another guest arrived, empty-handed, with ketchup on his shirt, and wouldn\u2019t stop talking about Pok\u00e9mon Go. And now he\u2019s nominated for an Emmy? What a world. The internet deserves to know about this. Your perspective could change the course of history. Well, the history of entertainment. Well, the history of entertainment according to your paywalled Substack. But still! Noble work.<\/p>\n

Event Planner<\/strong><\/p>\n

Remember that time you organized a fund-raiser for a friend\u2019s short film because your uncle could get you a deal on unlabelled white wine? And then there was that time you went to an actor\u2019s birthday and felt so awkward, frumpy, and uncool that you hid in the kitchen all night and talked to the caterers about Sternos and water pans? You really learned a lot. And it was you\u2014yes, it was\u2014who basically invented the step-and-repeat banner for your third-grade production of \u201cAnnie.\u201d Maybe this has been your calling the whole time. Maybe screenwriting was a detour on the road to event planning. This could really be it for you! You just need an assistant, a certification from the National Association for Catering and Events, and to know someone, anyone, who has something to celebrate.<\/p>\n

Read more What Science Knows About Grief<\/a><\/p>\n

Screenwriter<\/strong><\/p>\n

Sorry, I didn\u2019t realize you come from money\u2014carry on.\u00a0\u2666<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Emily Winter jokingly writes about alternative career paths for screenwriters, given the contraction of the TV and film industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":647,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-648","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interesting"],"yoast_head":"\nJob Opportunities for Former Screenwriters - City Relocation News<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=648\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Job Opportunities for Former Screenwriters - City Relocation News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Emily Winter jokingly writes about alternative career paths for screenwriters, given the contraction of the TV and film industries.\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/cityrelocationnews.com\/?p=648\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"City Relocation News\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2026-06-23T12:06:37+00:00\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"admin\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\\\/\\\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"admin\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/#\\\/schema\\\/person\\\/3e7ce0c0c60d21e12a5ac61fb2b786d4\"},\"headline\":\"Job Opportunities for Former Screenwriters\",\"datePublished\":\"2026-06-23T12:06:37+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648\"},\"wordCount\":691,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/wp-content\\\/uploads\\\/2026\\\/06\\\/f58634e3d8bc3aafaa682bb1b3f06eb3.webp\",\"articleSection\":[\"Interesting\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648\",\"url\":\"https:\\\/\\\/cityrelocationnews.com\\\/?p=648\",\"name\":\"Job Opportunities for Former Screenwriters - 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