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zacharycohn on Jan 23, 2012 | parent | context | favorite | on: Amazon studios

Actually, I just realized I have no idea how much a scriptwriter makes if they sell a script.

Does anyone know the average payday for a script writer for large-scale Hollywood productions?

rdouble on Jan 23, 2012 [–]

During the writer's strike of 2007, there were a few interesting articles about this. This NYTimes article is pretty good:

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/11/05/business/media/05writers.h...

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