Giving melodrama a good name: the film of sensibility
Vets and lifers: how they got and stayed in
The new professionals
Breakaway queens and genre benders: women writers stretching and bending the film form
Adaptation
The independents: finding a perch, having their say
The pragmatists: moving between film and television
The smaller screen
TV: a better fit for women?
The view from abroad
Conclusion
Appendix: brief biographies of the women screenwriters.