Screenwriting : Curious question ! by Omnia Algaml

What would you like it to be?

I've been doing it for a living for 30 years, now.

It's a hobby if you have no intention to do anything about getting things made.

for most a hobby for some a profession...

The simple answer is: Yes.

For me it was a hobby until I started winning contests.

You’re whatever occupation you put down on income tax forms.

Everything is hobby until you get paid :-) Passion is what helps you to find the motivation in between.

It's not a profession for me, I just want to tell a particular story and though I am hoping it will one day be made into a film and I will be taking steps to make that happen, such as pitching etc, I'm not writing lots of screenplays to sell.

It's a vocation for me now that I'm not producing documentaries anymore. I have several screenplays I'm working on during this stay-at-home pandemic, and I plan to enter them in competitions when I think they are ready to be judged. I will also pitch them, too. This will become a profession if one of them gets optioned and I receive payment for it.

Pierre Langenegger For me, if it is not a hobby, it will not be a profession. Because it depends on how sincerely I am doing even though I'm still in the beginning of the road.

Been living in my van for three years so hopefully not a hobby for much longer

Depends...

I write 5-6 days every week and it's full time hours. The number of hours I spend on it it's definitely not a hobby to me, it's my life, it's who I am.