"The highs are really high, and the lows are really low. You have to be ready to deal with that. Things will not make sense, in good ways and bad ways. If you love it — and I love it — do it. Keep at it, but only if you truly feel like keeping at it after considering what else you could be doing with your time. I’ve definitely considered giving it up before, but those thoughts have always passed, and that’s why I’m still doing it."

JUSTIN MALEN on screenwriting