Screenwriters accept risk to gain creative control

From The Hollywood Reporter: Screenwriter-director Robin (The Jane Austen Book Club) Swicord talks about the advantages of directing her own script, and the Writer's Co-op, whose members take less money up-front in order to have a bigger say during production.

Labels: Robin Swicord, screenwriting, Writer's Co-op

 

If there's a writers' strike, hunker down

From National Public Radio: "Is Hollywood afraid of what's going outside of Hollywood? You bet. Does that play into the current negotiations? Yes, that's a big part of it." Veteran TV writer Jeffrey ("Dawson's Creek") Stepakoff offers nuggets of wisdom on why, thanks to media consolidation and and digital media, the next writers' strike may be the toughest yet.

Labels: Jeffrey Stepakoff, television writing, Writers Guild of America