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What do Nollywood screenwriters say, in first person, about how they get and develop writing work, and is any griot-trained account available?

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Nigerian screenwriters' own accounts (2022-2024) describe referral-driven, contract work: writers pitch when producers have no clear brief, writing begins only after schedule, budget and fees are settled (money is the main hold-up), series use writing teams, and episodes are planned as scene-by-scene breakdowns before drafting. These are individual testimonies, not industry data. Curator qualifications: Pages read 2026-10-22; testimony. Interviewee referred to by role; the diary is anonymous. Low script-budget reports (panel write-up, marketplace interview) not reinspected; griot negative is the producer's search. Limitations: Pages read 2026-10-22; testimony. Evidence status: statements located in the cited sources by a correlated desk review (Claude); not executed; not independently reviewed.

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    {
      "url": "https://www.pulse.ng/story/how-a-nollywood-film-gets-made-heres-what-a-writer-does-2024092615273972974",
      "note": "Pulse Nigeria: How a Nollywood film gets made (2024 Q&A), answers on work, pitching and timing; Zikoko: The Nollywood screenwriter who just can't rest (2022 diary)"
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      "url": "https://www.zikoko.com/money/hustle/the-nollywood-screenwriter-who-just-cant-rest-a-week-in-the-life/",
      "note": "Pulse Nigeria: How a Nollywood film gets made (2024 Q&A), answers on work, pitching and timing; Zikoko: The Nollywood screenwriter who just can't rest (2022 diary)"
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      "url": "https://whatkeptmeup.com/nollywood-movies/film-mischief-2022-screenwriting-in-nollywood-6-professionals-share-their-experience/",
      "note": "Pulse Nigeria: How a Nollywood film gets made (2024 Q&A), answers on work, pitching and timing; Zikoko: The Nollywood screenwriter who just can't rest (2022 diary)"
    },
    {
      "url": "https://www.ubuntufmafrica.com/article/69/interviews/writing-nollywood",
      "note": "Pulse Nigeria: How a Nollywood film gets made (2024 Q&A), answers on work, pitching and timing; Zikoko: The Nollywood screenwriter who just can't rest (2022 diary)"
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Evidence claims

[sourced_fact] Nigerian screenwriters' own accounts (2022-2024) describe referral-driven, contract work: writers pitch when producers have no clear brief, writing begins only after schedule, budget and fees are settled (money is the main hold-up), series use writing teams, and episodes are planned as scene-by-scene breakdowns before drafting. These are individual testimonies, not industry data. · locator: Pulse Nigeria: How a Nollywood film gets made (2024 Q&A), answers on work, pitching and timing; Zikoko: The Nollywood screenwriter who just can't rest (2022 diary) source

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