screenwriters

American screenwriter John Sacret Young reflects upon the relationships between himself, his father, his cousin Doug, and his uncle George, describing their lives in Massachusetts in the 1960s and 1970s and examining the impact of alcoholism, shifting memory, and, particularly, Doug's death in the Vietnam War on their family.

Larry Hutch and his agent Ned encounter very mixed reactions when Larry pens a novel about the trials and tribulations of Lanny Hooch, one of the few remaining nonbelievers in a world taken over and ridiculously sanitized by Christians.

Fifty screenwriters, including William Goldman, Ron Shelton, and Paul Schrader, provide details about their careers, discussing breaking into the business, the development of ideas, helping actors become movie stars, awards, and other related topics.

In California in 1949, a young writer and a detective believe a number of deaths associated with an amusement park were murders. Suddenly the killer begins stalking them.

Sixteen-year-old Alice uses her screen-writing aspirations to help her get through a challenging period in her life after her boyfriend goes to Scotland, her mother is jailed for environmental activism, and her depressed father cannot get a job.