Opportunity for screenwriters

The Writers Guild of America strike that lasted 100 days, from late 2007 to early 2008, cost Hollywood billions of dollars. That underlines the importance of writers in film productions. Oddly, we never think of a film as a written script that is eventually turned into motion pictures. Actually, many people think more about the actors than the script writers. The bottom line is, without script writers, there won’t be films, and this is where you come in, as a writer.

Last week, KTN launched a 24-hour channel for East Africa; such a welcome development. The question is how does it affect you as a writer? While attending a Creative Economy conference, Dr Bitange Ndemo opined that our local television stations do not have enough local content.