Why Four Years? The Writers Guild’s Negotiators Explain a Contract Term the Studios Wanted
Guild leaders say the longer deal was the price of saving the health plan and should not be taken as
From 148 Days on Strike to Three Weeks at the Table: What Changed for Writers Between 2023 and 2026
Two contract cycles, two very different outcomes, and a business that looks little like the one writers walked out of WGA
What a Screenwriter Is Actually Paid: Minimums, Medians and the Gap Between Them
Guild figures put the floor for a high-budget screenplay near 145,000 dollars and typical first-draft deals well above it, and
AI Cannot Be the Writer: A Working Guide to the Guardrails Screenwriters Already Have
The protections won in 2023 remain the rules of the road, and every writer taking a job should know what
Writers Are Quietly Using AI Tools Despite The Stigma. New Survey Data Shows How Widespread It Actually Is.
Between a third and nearly half of working screenwriters report some AI use, though rarely for actual drafting Despite considerable public
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
The Spec Script Is Dead. Here Is Why Writers Keep Writing Them Anyway.
Hollywood’s relationship with unsolicited screenplays has changed completely. The spec market hasn’t gotten the memo. The Market That Changed Without Telling
Quiet Storm Rising: How Jordin Sparks Built a Screenplay Over Five Years — and Why That Matters
The patient craft behind a passion project, and what emerging screenwriters can learn from a very public pitch Quiet Storm Rising:
Adapting a Living Person: The Ethics and Art of the Real-Life Biopic
Screenwriters on Springsteen, Christy Martin, and the moral weight of telling true stories Adapting a Living Person: The Ethics and Art