But two years prior, alone in a room with a computer or pen and 120 blank pieces of paper, the writer made everything happen in the first place. Artists should respect each other's contribution to the finished product. No one is more important than the other. As a writer, though, I make it a point in film reviews to mention the writer. Sometimes I scream at the computer screen and at magazine and newspaper articles when a reviewer doesn't even name the screenwriter.
Performance art is hard to dissect.
The piano didn't write the concerto, and neither, usually, did the pianist. Mary J. Schirmer is a professional writer who writes screenplays and teaches screenwriting. Absolute Write, all rights reserved. Please contact me if you wish to reprint any of my articles on this site, or contact the respective authors of other articles for their permission. All copyrights are retained by original authors.