Here’s Sloan picture-perfect description of the industry:

“I think of Hollywood as a giant, freezing-cold, bacteria-ridden whirlpool. On the outside of the whirlpool, closest to the shore (and financial security), are the executives, the studio heads, the big-name actors, writers and directors. As you move towards the center, you come upon the lower-level employees. And moving further inwards still, you come to the PA’s. There’s thousands of them, all clamoring and clawing, trying desperately not to get sucked into the deep, dark hole of anonymity and sadness.”

Check out the full blog here.

No, this isn’t an entry about a screenwriter starring in his own horror comedy.

John August, writer of the most recent Charlie and the Chocolate Factory adaptation, posted an interesting blog today about being interviewed for a new book called Tales from the Script: 50 Hollywood Screenwriters Share Their Stories.

It seems like a cool book, and John is one of my favorite writers (though I’ve erased from my mind the fact that he penned both Charlie’s Angels movies). So, it’s something I’m probably going to pick up. But, I’m more interested in seeing how John reacted to being in the book and what he thought of the finished product.

Ponder this: What’s it like for a writer to read something written about him or her? For me, I’m always way too critical a writer to really appreciate the writing. But that’s just me.