# The Business of Art

In this instance, money isn’t just money, it’s an expression of power.

Every single script I recommended my bosses read officially had my stamp of approval on it. And how bad do you think it would make me look if I wasted some of their precious time with a mediocre piece of material?

It’s also important to not forget about the voice and tone of the story when creating your synopsis.

There are a lot of reasons, of course, but let’s just boil this down to the punchline—you have to meet people to sell your work.

The strike back in 2007/2008 lasted one hundred days. I don't know if this one will end up being quite so lengthy, but if it does, what do you do?

Everything that follows is what they actually said, whether you like it or not.

Profits are good. Greed is not.

If everything around AI feels unsettling and sketchy, that’s because the market hasn’t decided what exactly to do with it yet and businesses are taking wild swings.

Writer’s lives are not clickbait, and they are not a work of fiction to be dramatized for effect.

... one of the most worrisome fears for writers is that they could end up penning something that damages ‘the brand.’

I was a Hollywood assistant for almost ten years ... let’s go ahead and get the basic stuff out of the way.

Established IP is always the perfect place for film and TV producers to find gems that need to be adapted for the screen.

Sounds like you need a reader, friend! But just a quick glance at all the options out there makes it pretty obvious that what a “reader” does is much less clear.

By the 90s, an increasing number of these women were finally gaining some prominence in Hollywood.

" ... it was also no coincidence that when the big studios decided to unionize in the 1920s, most of those labor unions didn't allow female members."