Also published on Vancouver Film School's Blog (Friday, July 13, 2012)
Not long ago, my academic advisor, Sir Ryan Jarman, asked me if I’d be willing to talk to a new writing student. This guy (let’s call him Bill) was only into his year-long program about a month and was questioning whether he’d made the right decision or whether he should just bolt while he could rake back some of the (admittedly hefty) tuition he’d forked out.
Fair...