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Q&A How do screenwriters earn money, if none of their scripts get turned into movies?

I just saw a documentary featuring interviews with a few Hollywood screenwriters. Many of them said they had been working as screenwriters for around a decade, yet had never had any of their script...

1 answer  ·  posted 11y ago by System‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

Question screenwriting money
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:18:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T03:18:09Z (almost 5 years ago)
I just saw a documentary featuring interviews with a few Hollywood screenwriters. Many of them said they had been working as screenwriters for around a decade, yet had never had any of their scripts turned into a movie.

How do these people make a living? Do they get paid for their unused scripts?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2014-01-07T21:01:35Z (almost 11 years ago)
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