The First Time I Got Paid For It the expanse "A riveting near-future medical thriller

"A riveting near-future medical thriller that reads like the genetically-engineered love child of Robin Cook and Michael Crichton

if the secret he's keeping doesn't destroy it first

goes to a party

David Plouffe

The First Time I Got Paid For It the expanse "A riveting near-future medical thrillerThe First Time I Got Paid for It is a one of a kind collection of essays by more than fifty leading film and television writers, with a foreword by screenwriting legend William Goldman. Linked by the theme of a writer's "first time" usually the first time he got paid for his work, but sometimes veering off into other, more unconventional, "first times" these always entertaining (and sometimes hilarious) pieces share what it takes to succeed, what it