two writers=two drinkers

Here's a little known story about The Blue Dahlia script and Raymond Chandler --

"Paramount Studios put the movie The Blue Dahlia into production before Chandler had written a line of the script. Unfortunately, two weeks into shooting, he had yet to find an ending and was suffering from writer's block. He told his producer, John Houseman, that although he was a recovering alcoholic and had been sober for some time, he could only finish the script if he relapsed completely. Houseman arranged for Paramount to place six secretaries at Chandler's house around the clock. A doctor was hired to give him vitamin shots, as he rarely ate when drinking. Limousines waited outside, ready to run pages at a moments notice..."

I need to write screenplays!

Excerpt from Hemingway & Bailey's Bartending Guide to American Writers.

And one more excerpt regarding William Faulkner --

"In Hollywood, hired by director Howard Hawks to write Road to Glory, Faulkner showed up to a script meeting carrying a brown paper bag. He pulled out a bottle of whiskey, but accidentally sliced his finger unscrewing the cap. If the film's producer thought the meeting was over, he was wrong. Faulkner dragged over a wastepaper basket--so he could gulp the whiskey and drip blood as they hashed out the story."