Also known as
  • television writer,
  • tv writer,
  • scenarist,
  • film writer,
  • script writer
Screenwriters or scenarists are scriptwriter who write the screenplay from which film and television program are made. Most screenwriters start their careers writing on speculation. That means they write without being hired and paid for it. Selling such a script calls to sell a "spec-script". Only a handful of spec-scripts are produced every year. Many of them also work as "script doctor," attempting to change scripts to suit directors or studios; for instance, studio management may have a... full article at wikipedia
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