LB: Two Blog Posts I Find Incredibly Sad

by Larry Brody

Do people working their buns off to become writers really not understand how the English language works?

from https://justpublishingadvice.com/walked-passed-or-past/

At least the above post answers the question it asks. OTOH, we have this:

from https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/ellendurney/ryan-reynolds-blake-lively-wrote-movie-scripts-sexism

Looks to me like buzzfeednews.com doesn’t understand how the Writers Guild of America works. (And the comments that come with it indicate that pretty much no one else does either.)

Is the system broken? Or are we, the products of said system, to blame?

Author: LB

A legendary figure in the television writing and production world with a career going back to the late ’60s, Larry Brody has written and produced hundreds of hours of American and worldwide television and is a consultant to production companies and networks in the U.S. and abroad . Shows written or produced by Brody have won several awards including - yes, it's true - Emmys, Writers Guild Awards, and the Humanitas Award.

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