The Devil’s Guide To Hollywood (92 page)

writers

actors and, 64, 78, 86, 301–334

age of, 49

credits, 96

critics, 337–348

directors and, 13, 25, 51, 68, 79, 89, 223, 252–253

experience of, 49, 52–53

fear of writing, 147–148

hotel suites for offices, 79

length of script, 160, 171–172

length of scriptwriting time, 203–204

movie viewing, 53

novelists and, 94

output per day, 155, 158–159

persistence, 54–55, 366–368

producers and, 89–90, 257–279

role of, 50, 353–354

at sets, 217

sexuality, 71–72, 75

social life, 52, 80

status of, 14–15, 57, 83–84, 94–95, 353–354, 358

studio executives and, 89–92, 95, 224–225, 283–297

studios and, 49

telephoning, 83

writer’s block, 37, 158, 160, 162, 171, 174, 178

Writer’s Film Project (Chesterfield Film Company), 356

Writers Guild, 71, 80

agent selection, 184–185

antitrust actions, 87

credits, 96, 135, 219, 234, 348

Ovtiz, Michael, 196–197

politics of, 59

rewrites, 94

strike, 59

theft prevention, 179–180

Writer’s Network Screenplay and Fiction Competition, 356

writing classes, 9, 34, 47–48, 104–105, 268, 290, 318, 346–347.
See also
McKee, Robert

writing committees, 93

writing factories, 363

writing process, 151–180

writing schedules, 97, 151, 153, 154, 155, 158

writing speed, 153–154

Wyler, William, 161

Yablans, Frank, 108

Yates, Cassie, 321

Young, Sean, 24, 334

“your script is too soft,” defined, 295

Zaillian, Steve, 96

Zanuck, Darryl, 78, 289, 358

Zemeckis, Bob, 253, 375

Zieff, Howard, 248

Ziegler, Evarts, 341

Zsigmond, Vilmos, 105