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- Entertainment
- Wall Street Journal
When Did All of These People Become Therapists?
Jeremy Sosenko moved to Los Angeles in 2007, determined to make it as a successful screenwriter, like his heroes the Coen Brothers, or Wes Anderson and Owen Wilson. He and his writing partner quickly found success, crafting cinematic jokes and dialogue for the likes of Kate Winslet, Hugh Jackman and Terrence Howard. Work was, for the most part, steady and lucrative until the spring 2023 Writer's Guild of America strike.
'It started to seem like I might need to think about transitioning to a different career,' Sosenko, 47, recalled.
