The Screenwriter as Crybaby

We have just one job and only we can do it

Richard Walter
Moving Pictures
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3 min readDec 12, 2022

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I’ve had it up to here with screenwriters acting like crybabies.

As I told a hugely successful writer who was cataloguing the litany of grievances visited upon him throughout his career, in Hollywood it is a privilege even merely to be mistreated.

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Richard Walter
Moving Pictures

Screenwriter, bestselling author, and 40 years leadership @ UCLA’s prestigious screenwriting program. Get 40 lessons from 40 years: richardwalter.com/newsletter

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