It turns out that the writer-ly theme of this year’s Academy Awards was actually intentional.

I only half-noticed that writers seemed to be getting more attention than has become normal, but the extent to which the wordsmiths were actually being recognized didn’t become clear to me until I read this article by L.A. Times columnist Jay Fernandez.

Fernandez writes a regular feature for the paper called Scriptland, about screenwriters and their craft, and he’s provided a great rundown on the ways in which writers did – and didn’t – get their due at the Oscars.

Are writers on the verge of actually getting some respect in our culture and society? Once upon a time, they did.

I’d like to see those days return.