How to make it in Hollywood or Live like you are already there.

I am fortunate to be around so many people who are trying to crack into the business, either as and actor or a dancer or on the music side of things. Being around so many people I learn the things to do and what not to do. People come into our lives to teach us things.  As a writer I excel at observing people.
One of the first lessons I have learned is that Hollywood is a living breathing entity. She is a creature composed of life and luck. How you treat Hollywood is how Hollywood treats you. Hollywood gives you a hard NO and a soft NO.
The hard NO is the producer who passes on your work or the agent who lies to you. The no answers to your query letters. These are the NO's you get just trying to get your foot in the door.
The there are the soft NO's. You don't even realize it's a NO. I had a friend who moved here to be an actor. Came here, went on auditions, got call backs and everything...then he met a girl. He fell in love and stopped doing what he came here for. That's a soft NO. When Hollywood puts life in front of you. To make it in Hollywood you must have your eye on your goal and never take your eye off of it. Hollywood wants you to make it but you have to be tested first. You have to prove that you belong where you are striving to make it to. Every famous singer, dancer, actor, director and writer has been tested by fire. Hollywood is full of the damned who didn't have that drive. They didn't have the vision to complete their mission. They couldn't visualize the life they are striving for.
It is not going to be an easy life. There is a lot of work to put in. There are a lot of sacrifices to be made.  Going out to the clubs is not an option. Going to parties is not an option. Meeting that someone is not an option. The only thing that matters is the mission.
Once you get to where you want to be the parties will be there, at a level you never partied at. Clubbing will be there with people you have seen in movies and television. Once you get to the goal meeting that someone will not be an issue.
Stay the course.
Keep fighting.
The best has yet to come...