ABSTRACT

The process of script development is a critical activity on which all projects depend. Therefore, the writer is indispensable, yet not always valued-at least in the entertainment world. Sam Goldwyn, in one of his classic aphorisms, is reported to have called scriptwriters “schmucks with Underwoods.” An Underwood, for those who have no cultural memory of this technology, was a make of manual typewriter. So now, you can think of yourself as a schmuck with a laptop.