THE FIRST LADY
THE FIRST LADY LOGLINE Premise: The first First Lady to divorce a sitting US President flees to her native Los Angeles
Writers Guild Data Shows Total Screenwriter Earnings Fell Sharply Even as Studios and Streamers Posted Record Revenue, and the Gap Keeps Widening
WGA West reported a 15.6 percent drop in total writer earnings in a single year, even as content spending across
Films With Diverse Writing Teams Consistently Outperformed All-White Writing Rooms at the Box Office, and Studios Are Finally Taking Notice
Industry data covering multiple recent release years shows a measurable commercial advantage tied to writers’ room diversity that executives had
Television Staff Writer Jobs Offer the Most Stable Path Into a Screenwriting Career, and Feature Writers Increasingly Wish They Had Gone That Route
Guaranteed weekly minimums and consistent room employment give TV writers a financial floor that feature screenwriters, hustling project to project,
Hollywood Spends Over a Billion Dollars a Year Developing Scripts That Never Get Made, and Writers Say They’re Absorbing Too Much of That Risk
Development hell has always existed, but writers argue the financial burden of endless rewrites and shelved projects falls disproportionately on
As International Co-Productions Multiply, Screenwriters Are Navigating an Increasingly Global Marketplace With Wildly Inconsistent Pay Standards
Writers working outside traditional US union jurisdictions describe a patchwork of compensation norms that can leave talented writers significantly underpaid
Three Years After the AI Protections They Fought For, Screenwriters Say the Real Test Is Only Just Beginning
The WGA’s landmark 2023 strike secured contractual limits on AI use, but writers say enforcement in 2026 is proving murkier
AI Screenwriting Tools Have Moved From Novelty to Daily Workflow for Many Writers, Even Those Who Publicly Remain Skeptical of the Technology
A growing ecosystem of screenplay-specific AI software has embedded itself in outlining, formatting, and brainstorming tasks across the industry LOS ANGELES
The Black List Turns Twenty, and Franklin Leonard’s Annual Survey of Hollywood’s Best Unproduced Screenplays Remains a Career-Making Institution
What began as an informal survey among development executives has evolved into one of the industry’s most closely watched annual
Older Screenwriters Say Hollywood’s Youth Bias Remains a Persistent Career Obstacle, Even as a New “Grey List” Initiative Pushes Back Directly
A dedicated annual list showcasing veteran writers over forty aims to counter industry hiring patterns that advocates say still skew
The Spec Script Market Is Roaring Back, With Studios Buying More Original Screenplays This Year Than Any Point Since 2017
Nine spec sales closed in a single month this past summer, the strongest monthly volume the market has seen in
The Character Bible A Screenwriter Should Actually Study
Eton College VIP reviewed for screenplay.biz readers who care about sustained voice and world-building Every screenwriter who has ever tried to
Wscripted 12 Finalists For Wscripted 2026 Screenplay List
EXCLUSIVE: Wscripted has unveiled the finalists for the sixth edition of its Cannes Screenplay List focused on screenplays by women
Wscripted 12 Finalists For Wscripted 2026 Screenplay List
EXCLUSIVE: Wscripted has unveiled the finalists for the sixth edition of its Cannes Screenplay List focused on screenplays by women