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Screenwriting

Ho'wood Journo Nikke Finke on "Screenwriters In the "

http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-***/15085/

The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher. Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be screenwriters.
Oh well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.
  

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com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-***/15085 / The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher. Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be screenwriters. [/nq] Well, it's not surprising, when the numbers of movies being produced are going down that the numbers of screenwriters who have movies produced is likewise going down, that it's becoming a progressively more competitive market, that Hollywood, which has been much more corporately controlled in recent years and becoming more so in more recent years, which means more conservative in terms of its risk-taking strategies (especially given how its strategy has also been toward concentrating its resources into fewer and more expensive movies), it isn't surprising that there is tendency for them to focus on screenwriters with a tried and true track record (which means they've written a certain number of movies that have shown a profit nobody only makes hits) than taking risks on writers with shorter or, ***-forbid, no track record.

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  • com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-***/15085 / The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher.
  • Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be screenwriters.
  • [/nq] Well, it's not surprising, when the numbers of movies being produced are going down that the numbers of screenwriters who have movies produced is likewise going down, that it's becoming a progressively more competitive market, that Hollywood, which has been much more corporately controlled in recent years and becoming more so in more recent years, which means more conservative in terms of its risk-taking strategies (especially given how its strategy has also been toward concentrating its resources into fewer and more expensive movies), it isn't surprising that there is tendency for them to focus on screenwriters with a tried and true track record (which means they've written a certain number of movies that have shown a profit nobody only makes hits) than taking risks on writers with shorter or, ***-forbid, no track record.
  • It's occured to me as I've looked back over my "pitching" history, that very often, when I look at when I've failed and at who has succeeded it's very frequently somebody who has just had a big movie released.
  • Now maybe that isn't always the dispositive reason, but I think we'd all be kidding ourselves if the decisions involved are being made strictly on the grounds of the aesthetics of story.
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[nq:1]http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-***/15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher. Momma, don't let your babies grow up to be screenwriters. Oh well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.[/nq]
Well, it's
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[nq:2]http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-*** /15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting ... well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, it's not surprising, when the numbers of movies being produced are going
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[nq:2]http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-***/15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher. ... well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, it's not surprising, when the numbers of movies being p
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[nq:2]http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-***/15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher. ... well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, it's not surprising, when the numbers of movies being p
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[nq:1]Hollywood is not the only gig in the world. A bunch of my friends (who are almost all more liberal ... appeared incognito on MWSM), pitched not only his script idea but the spin-off products toys, video games, music, etc.[/nq]
With the development of the internet, distribution and audiences are quickly transcending frontiers. I think the future of production will actually expand when the
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[nq:2]http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-*** /15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting ... well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.[/nq]
[nq:1]Well, it's not surprising, when the numbers of movies being produced are going
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[nq:1]Have you guys ever read about the concept called "The Long Tail"? It started from an article called "The Long ... The question is: how many true storytelling artists are there? Artists who can create content that attracts an audience? Lois[/nq]
The long tail wags every morning and evening at my house. It's wagging at teenagers and it has two names - MySpace and YouTube.
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[nq:2]/15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting tougher. ... well, the smog sure does make the sunsets look pretty.[/nq]
[nq:2]http://www.laweekly.com/general/deadline-hollywood/screenwriters-in-the-*** /15085/ The toughest gig in the biz is getting ... well, the smog sure
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Well, now I know why the comic book industry is getting flooded with
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