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What makes a screenplay ‘Original’?

Craig Mazin explains the WGA's vs. the Academy's guidlines:

The Academy has an executive writers committee that meets to determine whether or not they feel a particular screenplay is an adapation. The WGA has far more rigid rules. It isn’t only concerned with prior publication or production. It is also concerned with unpublished and unproduced material of other natures that fall under the larger rubric of “source material”.

--The Artful Writer: Q: How Do The WGA And The Academy Determine If A Screenplay Is "Original" or "Adapted"?

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