You've preached "create content!" a few times before, Scott, and I guess that leads me to ask:

Is it no longer, then, enough to create PAPER (as in script) content?

Let me expand on this...

I've spent the summer generating quite a bit of "paper" content... some short fiction, quite a bit of poetry, and now, as August winds down, a brand new script.

That being said, I DO have a few projects that I could, potentially, control the final product on... a hand drawn animated series (2-D animation, how geriatric, I know...) and some radio dramas... er, radio is dead so I guess I'll have to call them MP3 Theater pieces??? Whatever...

Anyway, to just generate "paper" may not be enough... is this what you are observing?

Jeff, I think it's wise for writers to be open to all forms of narrative. Just as a spec script represents the creation of content and can, when we put it 'out there,' result in a sale, option, and/or representation, the same applies to everything else: graphic novels, comic books, YA books, web series, animated shorts, and yes, even TV pilots.

This is personal for me because I sold a spec script (K-9), so I have always believed in the value of creating stories to get in front of buyers.

But I still think a spec feature screenplay or a spec TV script is still a hugely important means of breaking in as a writer in Hollywood. Scripts are the lifeblood of both the film and TV business, and likely will continue as such for the foreseeable future.