This is probably the most social town in the world and screenwriters are expected, like everyone else, to go out at night and schmooze it up. You need to be a shameless self promoter in “the business” and always be talking shop, no matter how many times you are told not to.

Start off by writing scripts, as many as you can pump out in a year or two. Read any and all books about writing scripts. Enter as many contests and get as much coverage as you can. Go to openings, parties, screenings, film festivals, film markets, clubs, and anywhere else that movie people congregate. If you are one of the lucky ones, sooner or later someone will notice your wonderful screenplay and bet it all on you.