Journey to Hollywood, Part 5

How a short story becomes a movie option... and hopefully more

To recap, here are the pieces of my journey I’ve done so far —

• Part 1 talked about writing pitch materials and being on submission.

• Part 2 was about my first Hollywood phone calls as a writer.

• In Part 3, I arrived in Los Angeles for my first in-person meetings, figured out what it was all going to be about, and got briefed by my awesome film agent.

• And in P…