Could be better…but it also could have been much, much worse:
Whew! (Of course, now we’ve still got to vote on it, but….)
Category: News
New York Mayor’s Office Names Winners of Women’s Scriptwriting Competition
This is important, dammit! Read on:
by Bryn Elise Sandberg
he New York Mayor’s Office has named two winners for its female scriptwriting competition.
WGA Strike Authorization Vote Results
Like they say in The Lion King, “And so it begins.”
Maybe. Remember, we’re not walking the picket lines yet.
WGA Negotiations Update: Striking a Pose
by Mark Evanier
LB’s NOTE: This article written by the legendary Mark Evanier is the most enlightening discussion I’ve seen yet of the current state of the contract renewal negotiations between the WGA and the AMPTP. Things are getting heated, gang. And Mark is here to tell us why:
very few years, the contract between the Writers Guild of America and the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers expires and a new one must be negotiated. Sometimes, the negotiations are simple and sometimes, they are not. When they are not, it is because someone at the A.M.P.T.P. — or at at least one of the member companies that comprise the A.M.P.T.P. — decides he or she can be a hero and advance his or her career by engineering a deal that pays the writers less or at least denies us cost o’ living increases.
The WGA 2017 Contract Negotiations Need YOU
Especially if you’re a member. (And even if you aren’t, because we here at TVWriter™ are absolutely certain you will want to be…especially if your intention is to earn your living by writing TV and films.
Anyway, here’s the latest:
