From what I've read, screenwriter's (both TV and movie) should focus on three things:
1. Persistence
To be a good screenwriter, or a good anything, you need to throw all of your weight into the activity. If it's your full-time job, that means working at least forty hours a week. Whether that's brainstorming, first drafts, editing, storyboarding, put lots of quality time into it.
2. Write
Is one screenplay good enough? Probably not. How about five? Definitely a lot closer. Before thinking about selling a single screenplay, write a library of them. And polish them. Make them perfect. If you go to an agent with one great screenplay, that's a start. If you can go to the same agent and give him five quality screenplays, not only are you five times as likely to making it big, but you've had a lot of practice and you can really showcase your work.
3. Genre
Explore. Pick one. Stick with it.
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