OK, based on that additioanl information, try and get some work experience at your local BBC radio station, or TV station if one is near enough. the secretary / researcher route is ideal for you given your age, so pursue the ads. and be very very very persistant. You have to be sure you will be unhappy doing anything else at all, that's the only level of commitment that will sustain you through the pile of wannabes you'll need to climb over to find your career. Go for it - and when you are a prducer, give an ageing freelance music writer a job!