Fair question. In my anecdotal experience everyone I know who had persistent energy, focus and a mechanism for improving their craft achieved something interesting. Sometimes it was ended up in screenwriting or an adjacent field, but something came of it.
My friends who produced excuses became really good at that. My friends who produced real works and continued to improve became good at that instead.
My friends who produced excuses became really good at that. My friends who produced real works and continued to improve became good at that instead.