Writing It, Then Directing It: The Waldo Salt Winners and the Case for the Writer-Director’s Leverage
From Lake Bell to Jesse Eisenberg, a Sundance screenwriting prize has gone to people who wrote their own films, at
Screenwriters and Scripts
From Lake Bell to Jesse Eisenberg, a Sundance screenwriting prize has gone to people who wrote their own films, at
The contract’s definitions, the pushback on digital twins and the July announcement of a film starring a synthetic performer frame
Pay minimums rise 10.5 percent, page-one rewrites get a floor, health contributions go up and studios must notify the Guild
From a reported $3.25 million thriller by an unknown writer to a romantic drama that attracted a star, the analysis
Raquelle David’s May 2026 post describes the worst stretch of her career and offers specific advice, with a commercial interest
A bonus tied to how many subscribers watch a show changed the economics of streaming writing, and the new contract
Edwin Cannistraci’s roadmap and Stacey Parks’s warning about packaging give working screenwriters a realistic sequence to follow Writers often picture a
Guild leaders say the longer deal was the price of saving the health plan and should not be taken as
Screenwriters will pay monthly premiums for the first time in years and must earn more to qualify, as the guild
Screenwriters have long delivered draft after draft before being paid for the first, and the 2026 deal tries to curb
The Writers Guild West reports about 5,072 members with earnings last year against nearly 7,000 at the 2022 peak, and
Two contract cycles, two very different outcomes, and a business that looks little like the one writers walked out of WGA
A bill introduced in September would add a 20 per cent national incentive on top of what states already offer,