In an ideal world a screenwriter would get paid for everything they put into a script. So here is the question: what are the costs of writing a script, hidden and unhidden? Here are two of mine... Overtime -- two hours of work every night on top of my day job... All the time since I was a kid reading and watching TV and movies (of course absorbing genres is a pleasure but it does make its way into my writing.)
Screenwriting : What do your words cost you? by Steven Fussell
What do your words cost you?
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Software, computer and paper! Stress and countless hours of brain power - but it's all worth it if you complete a script you're happy with
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Balance is currently at $182,347.81 in the red.
@CJ - baaahhhaaaaaha! But one can't put a price on the time missed with family members.... Getting the actual hours * (price of other employment) is easy. I think though a lot of writers really sacrifice other things.