Editing Screenwriter (section)

==Film industry==
Every screenplay and teleplay begins with a thought or idea, and screenwriters use their ideas to write scripts, with the intention of selling them and having them produced.<ref name="Ferguson 2009">{{cite journal |last=Ferguson |first=Brooks |title=Creativity and integrity: Marketing the "in development" screenplay |journal=Psychology and Marketing |date=17 April 2009 |volume=26 |issue=5 |pages=421–444 |doi=10.1002/mar.20281 |doi-access=}}</ref> In some cases the script is based on an existing property, such as a book or person's life story, which is adapted by the screenwriter. In most cases, a film project is initiated by a screenwriter. The initiator of the project gets the exclusive writing assignment.<ref name="Ferguson 2009"/> They are referred to as "exclusive" assignments or "pitched" assignments. Screenwriters who often pitch new projects, whether original or an adaptation, often do not have to worry about competing for assignments and are often more successful. When word is put out about a project that a [[film studio]], [[production company]], or producer wants done, they are referred to as "open" assignments. Open assignments are more competitive. If screenwriters are competing for an open assignment, more established writers usually win the assignments. A screenwriter can also be approached and personally offered a writing assignment.