Screenwriters reveal dream scripts
Nominees hope to use exposure for future projects
WGA and Oscar nominations mean exposure, which in Hollywood means power -- even for writers who insist they have none. Yet because such fame fades quickly, nominees must maximize their closeups.

Nominated writers owe debt to books
Adapters identify with source material
In an original script, the characters spring extempore from the screenwriter's mother wit. It's easy to see that the scribe must identify with his or her hero in some way.

WGA documentary nominees
For these writers, a doc script is an art unto itself
It's not all talking heads and raw footage. Since 2005, the Writers Guild has honored those scribes who write the screenplays for documentaries. But as six of this year's nominees tell it, writing a doc script is an art unto itself and like no other.

Striking WGA writers using YouTube
Variety's five favorite strike-related videos
Ever wonder what all those writers have been doing with their pent-up creativity during the strike? They've put it into the Internet.