The Business of Screenwriting: Never forget who the star is

“It’s no surprise that William Goldman began his excellent book ‘Adventures in the Screen Trade’ with a chapter titled ‘Stars.’ Of screenwriters, he said we are tasked to do the following: ‘writing Perfect Parts for Perfect People.’”

We’re in the office of a studio executive. In the room are the exec, the project’s director, us, and a speaker-phone on a coffee…