ABSTRACT
We now have an embryo in front of us. An embryo with all kinds of ticks and pulses and limbs and germs; germs of what our story might become. However, before we break into Story, I want to give you a background on the whole understanding of the screenwriter’s position in the collaborative world of fi lmmaking. In the United States, in particular, the writer’s place is not only an insecure one, but a diminished one.
