Category: Misc.

WGAW July 2019 Calendar

Here’s what going on, socially and professionally,  at the Writers Guild of America West this month:

July 2019

Monday
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Writers with Disabilities Meeting
7-9 p.m. – WGAW, 2nd Floor, Room 2A
Category: Inclusion and Equity Committee Meetings
Info: (323) 782-4589. Eligible members only. The Writers with Disabilities Committee is looking for ways to aid disabled writers in pursuing their careers in Hollywood and to encourage accurate portrayals of the disabled in film and television. Please come, shake hands, and talk about expanding opportunities for all of us. read article

July 2019 WGAW Member Film Screenings

NOTE FROM LB: Contrary to appearances, the Writers Guild of America West and Writers Guild of America East do much, much more for their members than lead them into battle with agents.

The combined Writers Guild of America sets minimum wages, administrates health and pension plans for its members (plans in which employers shoulder the heavy part of the financial load – thanks to the Guild), gives awards, throws parties, conducts seminars, holds hands, and has free screenings of contemporary films each month. Here’s what’s happening, screening-wise, in July: read article

Yo, Screenwriters! Ready to “Write Your Bills Away?”

SoCreate, a new screenwriting site based in San Luis Obispo, CA, with a website addy that kind of implies it’s in Italy, is “working on a new way for people of all ages to transform their amazing stories into scripts.”

We aren’t clear on what this new way is because the site itself doesn’t say much more than that…oh, and also “We’re Hiring!” which is something we always like to read or hear, but theannouncement below definitely has gotten our attention. read article

The Ethics – or lack thereof – of IP ‘Piracy’

If something is ethical but illegal, does that mean we can break the law?

Piracy is Ethically Acceptable To Many Harvard Lawyers, Research Finds
by Ernesto

In most countries the law strictly forbids people from sharing copyrighted material without permission. However, not everyone necessarily agrees with this position. New research reveals that many lawyers studying at Harvard view casual forms of piracy as ethically acceptable. Does this mean that the law should change? read article

Two Pix of Writers Working That We Love

At heart, this TVWriter™ minion believes that both images below are, when you get down to it, nothing other than US:

Ain’t being a writer fun?