Hi everyone,
Here's my latest post on Craigslist:
I've had a lot of response so far. As I've said, I'm a non-union writer with a recently minted creative writing degree from Seton Hall University. I am available immediately to walk through the WGA picket line like Lawrence Taylor going after the quarterback. Once I bust into that writing room (preferably a hit program like 30 Rock or CSI) it's magic time.
Contact me on my blog at www.writersguildstrikesolution.blogspot.com
Action!
Thom
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I really hope this is a hoax, but if it is not, here are my 2 cents, for what they're worth.
I'm a non-WGA member, so the strike doesn't affect me, per se. Still, I've been reviewing all the information about the strike with detached interest. I feel like I've been fair and balanced in my review of the facts, and have weeded out the empty hyperbole which most passionate writers have taken to recently. After all that, I still feel the AMPTP is asking for too much.
Here's why:
* the annual income of an average WGA member is only $5,000. Yes, only 5K. Thus, residuals are a crucial element to keeping most working writers afloat, and still writing, in between writing gigs.
* Writers are paid a residual when their work is re-broadcast on TV, but not over the internet. Why not? It's the same viewership.
* Writers are not asking for an ungodly amount of money for residuals: under the WGA's proposal, producers will still keep over 99% of the revenue.
Regardless, I do understand where you're coming from and I can't judge you for it; we all decide to whatever we think is right, and you see opportunity. I don't blame you for that because strikes do create opportunity for some. I hope you fare well.
Just please remember that the strike will eventually end, and others may not be so forgiving as I. For now, keep in mind that the WGA will always welcome you to their picket line, if you ever decide to do so. You are are a writer like we are, whether you are a WGA member or not. We picket for your rights, for your benefit, as well as our own.
In any event, here's how I really feel about strikes.
Um, "magic time"? If that's the best you got kid, you're not gonna be invited across that line anytime soon. But good luck to you, regardless. You should keep in mind, however, that Hollywood is a very small town, and you'll get blacklisted muy pronto no matter how much a studio exec likes your work during the strike.
FYI, from the WGA's Strike Rules:
The Guild does not have the authority to discipline non-members for strike breaking and/or scab writing. However, the Guild can and will bar that writer from future Guild membership. This policy has been strictly enforced in the past and has resulted in convincing many would-be strike breakers to refrain from seriously harming the Guild and its members during a strike. Therefore, it is important for you to report to the Guild the name of any non-member whom you believe has performed any writing services for a struck company and as much information as possible about the non-member's services.
you're as bright as a coal mine
you are insane. first of all, the overwhelming likelihood is that you are not nearly as talented as you think you are. Nobody is impressed that you graduated Seton Hall with a 3.1. Have you even written any spec scripts? They probably suck anyway. But if you are as great as you say, you'll make it eventually without breaking the strike.
incidentally, nobody likes a traitor. there's a reason benedict arnold is not a hero in England.
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