Editing Woman of the Year (section)

===Writing===
The outline for the film was developed by [[Garson Kanin]], a close friend of Hepburn's. The character of Tess Harding was based on [[Dorothy Thompson]], an American journalist and radio broadcaster who was highly influential.<ref name="DTSEP">{{cite news |last1=Nilsson |first1=Jeff |title=Dorothy Thompson: The Real Woman of the Year |url=https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/07/woman-2/ |access-date=18 April 2024 |date=July 9, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20240115034115/https://www.saturdayeveningpost.com/2011/07/woman-2/ |archive-date=Jan 15, 2024}}</ref><ref name="DTCM">{{cite news |last1=Baird |first1=Jonathan P. |title=Jonathan P. Baird: Early on, journalist Dorothy Thompson saw Hitler for what he was |url=https://www.concordmonitor.com/Dorothy-Thompson-and-fascism-27554979 |access-date=18 April 2024 |publisher=Concord Monitor |date=Aug 15, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190914002740/https://www.concordmonitor.com/Dorothy-Thompson-and-fascism-27554979 |archive-date=Sep 14, 2019}}</ref> Hepburn then passed the outline to [[Joseph L. Mankiewicz]] at MGM, and said the price was $250,000 – half for her, half for the script.<ref>{{cite book|last=Hepburn|first=Katharine|title=Me: Stories of My Life|url=https://archive.org/details/me00kath_0|url-access=registration|year=1991|publisher=Knopf|location=New York|isbn=0-679-40051-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/me00kath_0/page/400 400]}}</ref> He liked it and agreed to produce the movie.<ref>Hepburn (1991), p. 243.</ref> Kanin was fighting in the war at the time, so the script was written by his brother, [[Michael Kanin]], and mutual friend [[Ring Lardner Jr.]] Hepburn contributed significantly to the script – reading it, suggesting cuts and word changes, and generally providing helpful enthusiasm for the project.<ref>{{cite book|last=Kanin|first=Garson|title=Tracy and Hepburn: An Intimate Memoir|url=https://archive.org/details/tracyhepburnint00kani|url-access=registration|year=1971|publisher=Viking|location=New York|isbn=0-670-72293-6|page=[https://archive.org/details/tracyhepburnint00kani/page/81 81]}}</ref> As a part of the deal, Hepburn had the option of selecting her co-star and director (Tracy and Stevens).