Remarkably, this is one of the least-polished documentaries I've seen. It's mostly a collection of thematically-edited interviews with a variety of screenwriters. There isn't much to report. They provide a few anecdotes about working with the Hollywood system, the effects that writing a successful script has on your career, the effects of a bad script, and so on. It's a bit of a mixed bag, and much of the movie isn't memorable. The one story that really stood out was a lady who wrote a draft of BloodRayne, which Uwe Boll used.
What I took away from this is exactly what I expected. It can be very difficult to write a script. Everyone tears it apart, and tries to alter it. A skilled screenwriter can figure out how to address the changes people want to see in a way that keeps the project together.
I wish there was more to say. I didn't mind this, and it kept my interest. But it doesn't really offer anything interesting to anyone other than aspiring screenwriters.
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