The Writer

I applaud every writer who has made it their career to write.
Honestly, you are the best thing in the business, and also the craziest next to the lead actress.
But I don't think a writer's contribution to the movie industry has ever been given credit.
I have a few theories...
perhaps it's that they look disheveled and mousy...
or it's because, as they say...talk is cheap. And that the actor will make anything work (so wrong).
The reality is probably in the middle.
Writers are seen as nerds who earn money to buy their nerd toys. And it doesn't take much, so there.
Is what those dumbshits in Hollywood think.
Without writers, they don't exist. The thought of writing, and physically writing is simple. Yeah, I can pound on my keyboard for three days straight and come up with a screenplay, but it doesn't follow any structure (though I think a lot of movies were made this way..."Three Billboards..." comes to mind).
Any way, I do write, and it sucks. Sucks in that sense in that I constantly have to give the main character peril. And sucks because my grammar sucks (English is second language). But mostly sucks because, above all...it must be done alone.
Though there are dual writers in this industry, very few can function like this (unless you're married or brothers. Or in Wachowski sense...sisters).
A LOT of people think writing is easy. Most, if they were to hear your pitch, have really bad input. It's not their fault, because if you imagine people who critique movies, a lot always say what they would do different. Also, people who watch a lot of movies...sometimes mistake the fact that they can write.
They cannot.
Film fans are the single most irritating people when it comes to writers. Or writers who want input. Though they can sense what a good movie is. In this day, most like movies for the wrong reasons. They can't articulate what it lacks (neither can you at this point, is the problem). So they offer suggestions that cannot help your script. Or derail it.
In some cases, they will jog your mind into a different direction.
It's your fault for asking.
The point being is that writers aren't given enough credit. Though I see it changing. The powers that be are on their social justice rants in awards shows now. Which leave very little time to thank the person who put the words in your mouth (notice how dumb stars sound without a script?).
Give writers love.