Stories by Scott Myers on Medium

The Business of Screenwriting: Anatomy of a Deal (Part 4)

Scott Myers — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 06:22:48 GMT

“A majority of studio projects do not get made. Is it considered a strike against a writer if their project dies on the vine? Not…

Scott Myers — Tue, 01 Sep 2026 03:22:22 GMT

“Sometimes you’re swinging your way through a first draft like a blind miner with a pick-axe. That’s OK. Get it done, nothing else…

Scott Myers — Mon, 31 Aug 2026 06:17:15 GMT

“Bottom line: That single idea which we worked up as a pitch results in a sale and what eventually turns out to be a three-year overall…

Scott Myers — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 20:32:46 GMT

“There is always a sheet of paper. There is always a pen. There is always a way out.”

Scott Myers — Sun, 30 Aug 2026 04:26:34 GMT

“Warner Bros. They want to buy ‘Mr. President’.”

Scott Myers — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 18:45:08 GMT

“It is true, of course, in an important sense, that a character exists only in his emotions and sensations. Without the expression of…

Scott Myers — Sat, 29 Aug 2026 02:59:57 GMT

I’ve sold several pitches in Hollywood. This was the first.

Scott Myers — Fri, 28 Aug 2026 18:13:45 GMT

“It is better to fail in originality than succeed in imitation.”

Scott Myers — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:18:12 GMT

“What I have excelled at (and what keeps me from having to find a real job) is doing the one thing that you have total control over —…

Scott Myers — Thu, 27 Aug 2026 11:04:24 GMT

“Every scene has to be doing something. It has to be moving the story along, peeling off a layer of the onion so to speak. The goal in its…