Yesterday afternoon we suspended the ability to purchase a Scriptbook report and will be removing the offering from the Black List website. Everyone who purchased a report will receive both their report and a full refund for their purchase.

We stand by our belief that there is great potential value for writers in Scriptbook’s work, especially in the narrowly tailored report we were offering. A deeper dive into the reasons why is likely unnecessary at this point, though I’m generally happy to continue the conversation.

But more importantly, it is also our belief — a fundamental one — that a primary reason for our existence is to support the writing community, both professionals and aspiring professionals.

The last 48 hours have made it very clear that an overwhelming majority of the writing community not only believes that the report has little value but that it shouldn’t be offered to those who believe it does.

Serving any community means listening to it, especially when there is such full-throated consensus. We’ve heard you, and the report is no longer available via the Black List.

We were, are, and will remain an organization that celebrates, reveres, and often stands in awe of writers, and today is no different. No matter how difficult it was to hear some of the feedback about our decision (I will say that “You’d fit in well in the Trump administration” felt unnecessarily hurtful and inaccurate,) we sincerely appreciate it — all of it — if for no other reason than that it allows us to better serve.

I’d also like to extend a personal thank you to Craig Mazin, John August, and Brian Koppelman, all of whom were particularly vocal in expressing their (negative) opinion both privately and publicly but were generous enough to emphasize their past and ongoing support for our other work. Humbling is a word that springs to mind. Thank you.

And with that we return to our regularly scheduled programming, the important work we will continue to do to encourage, support, and celebrate writers.

If anyone has any further questions or concerns, nothing has changed in that regard, I remain more than happy to answer them. For any site questions or concerns, please contact support@blcklst.com