For screenwriter Michael Arndt, the journey from relative obscurity to Academy Award winner was uncertain, much like his transient lifestyle growing up as a U.S. State Department brat, living in India, Sri Lanka and the suburbs of Virginia. Arndt attended New York University to study directing, but realized early on that all the great directors he admired – from Billy Wilder to Woody Allen – started as writers. After graduating from NYU, he worked as an assistant for producer Deborah Schindler, learning over the course of 18 months, the true meaning of development hell. Arndt next landed a job