What Do the Proposed WGA Screen Credits Manual Changes Mean?

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EDITOR’S NOTE: This meeting is for Writers Guild of America members – but even non-Guild signatory companies tend to use WGA rules as patterns for their own behavior:

Reminder: Deadline to Enter Humanitas Prize Awards Competition is Oct. 15

TVWriter™, the Writers Guild of America West, and Larry Brody want to remind you that time to enter your script is running short.

Our advice to all the pros who’ve written so brilliantly during 2018: Get a move on if you want your shot at one of the most prestigious writing awards around.

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As TV Seeks Diverse Writing Ranks, Rising Demand Meets Short Supply

Life is just one damn thing after another. Take diversity and the problems that it – and its solutions – can cause:

by Cara Buckley

Dailyn Rodriguez, a veteran writer and producer, said she wasn’t necessarily looking to work on a new show for the coming season. But she suddenly found herself in high demand, her agents constantly fielding calls about her availability. read article

17 Network Chiefs Predict Their Hits, Reveal Guilty Pleasures, and Admit Which Rival Show They’d Steal

Time now for this fall’s short con – TV network executives, who never seem able to predict their own job futures let alone anything else, are at it again, looking into their glazed over crystal balls to tell us all about how next season’s going to go.

And we, of course, are falling for it. Because…we’re fans, don’tcha know?

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2018 WGAW Board of Directors Election Results

Yesterday, LB received the following announcement sent by the Writers Guild of America West to all its members:

The Writers Guild of America West has announced the results of its 2018 Board of Directors election. read article