THE FIRST LADY
THE FIRST LADY LOGLINE Premise: The first First Lady to divorce a sitting US President flees to her native Los Angeles
Reality Television Is Collapsing in Los Angeles. Should Scripted Writers Care?
Unscripted shoot days are down two-fifths in a year and the genre is not eligible for the state’s tax credit,
Screenwriter Jim Taylor Signs With Paradigm (EXCLUSIVE)
EXCLUSIVE: Jim Taylor, the Academy Award and Golden Globe-winning screenwriter known for his longtime creative partnership with filmmaker Alexander Payne
Paradigm Signs Screenwriter Jim Taylor
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Scripted Drama Up, Everything Else Down: How to Read the Los Angeles Production Numbers
On-location shooting fell 12.7 per cent in the second quarter while television drama rose by a third from the quarter
Residuals Are Up Over Five Years and Slipping Since 2022: What That Means for Writers
The payments writers receive when their work is reused have risen 14.3 per cent in five years, the guild reports,
Asian International Screenplay Awards Celebrates Screenwriting with Chapter 1 Event in Kolkata
The Asian International Screenplay Awards marked its first chapter with a special celebration of screenwriting held on October 4 |
When a Studio Licenses Its Characters to an AI Company, What Happens to the Writers Who Created Them?
A high-profile licensing deal that reportedly collapsed during the guild’s negotiations showed why screenwriters wanted notice written into their contract Studio
Fifty-Seven Shoot Days: Why Television Comedy Barely Shows Up in the Production Figures, and What That Hides
Comedy’s on-location count fell 43 per cent, the permit office says not to worry because sitcoms are made on stages,
Selling a Spec Script Under the Current Contract: What a First-Time Writer Should Know
Guild minimums, separated rights and the AI provisions all apply to an original screenplay sold to a signatory company Selling a
Dramatising a Rumour: The Craft and Ethics of Writing Royal Stories Built on Anonymous Claims
The Prince William traitor story rests on one unnamed source, which poses a real problem for screenwriters drawn to royal
The Heir and the Spare as Dramatic Archetype: From The King Speech to Today Headlines
Screenwriters have returned again and again to royal brothers whose fates were fixed by birth order, and the current traitor
The Uncle as Catalyst: How a Third Character Can Detonate a Family Story
From Hamlet to modern dynastic drama, uncles have served as catalysts for family conflict, and the Earl Spencer memoir shows
Royals Played for Laughs: How Comedy Writers Approach the Monarchy Differently From Dramatists
The London Prat traitor piece belongs to a tradition of royal comedy on page and screen, and its techniques offer