WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR 2021 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION

Whether or not you’re a member of the WGAW or WGAE, this news is important to you if you write or plan to write for TV or films. It’s the officers and Board who set and maintain policy that effects every aspect of electronic media. In other words, it behooves most if not all of the writers who come to TVWriter™ to read this ASAP.

WRITERS GUILD OF AMERICA WEST ANNOUNCES CANDIDATES FOR 2021 OFFICERS AND BOARD OF DIRECTORS ELECTION
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Hollywood’s Indigenous Writers Speak Out

This open letter, released yesterday by members of the Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) Native American and Indigenous Writers’
Committee (NAIWC), speaks for itself, and very powerfully, as you will see.

Please read it.

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Latest Update Re WGA vis a vis CAA and WME

Just in case you haven’t figured out the acroynyms, we’re talking about the ongoing negotiations between the Writers Guild of America and the two large talent agencies who still haven’t signed an agreement that would let them represent WGA writers…like just about every other agency in the wonderful world of showbiz, large and small, has.

September 30, 2020
Dear Members,

We are writing to provide you with another update on where we stand in our negotiations with the remaining unfranchised agencies. In short: our conversations continue. read article

Have a Movie Idea? Netflix is Now Looking for Aspiring Writers

Speaking of opportunities (as we were yesterday) here’s a piece about Netflix’s latest search for new writers.

To be honest, after the way Netflix closed out noobs in favor of going to old pros for its streaming shows, we aren’t sure how genuine their interest is.

On the other hand, Ron Howard and Brian Glazer are involved, and LB’s wife, Gwen the Beautiful, met Ron and his wife at a party a few years ago and was impressed by how real they were, so this could be the Real Deal. Here’s the deets. read article