part of that could be risk aversion but a lot of it is just the fact that screenwriting is a skill. Everyone wants to be a screenwriter so we are used to (belie

part of that could be risk aversion but a lot of it is just the fact that screenwriting is a skill. Everyone wants to be a screenwriter so we are used to (believe it or not) only seeing the top tiniest fraction of a percent of material ever make it to development. Basically almost everyone who can write a great screenplay is already trying to sell it through traditional means.