Meet Lorene Scafaria, Diablo Cody, Dana Fox, and Liz Meriwether. These four women are the female powerhouses in the male-dominated world of screenwriting. With such successful films as Juno (written by Cody) and Nick and Norah's Infinite Playlist (Scafaria's latest screenplay) under their belts, they're taking Hollywood by storm and having as much fun as they can along the way.

They're the "boozy, all-woman answer to those close-knit gangs of Hollywood boy-men captured on screen in “Entourage” and embodied by the real-life Apatown, the industry moniker for filmmaker Judd Apatow’s coterie of actors and screenwriters including Paul Rudd, Jason Segel and Seth Rogen. But these women also work hard: Ms. Cody, Ms. Fox and Ms. Scafaria can command seven figures to write a movie that makes it into theaters with big stars. Ms. Meriwether (the others call her “the freshman”) is on her way to joining them."

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"That’s no small achievement when you consider that among the screenwriters who are in steady demand for major projects, only about 20 are women. Don’t even try to credit their bankability to their looks. "

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