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WGA Strike Ends at 12:01 AM September 27, 2023

strike ends at midnight!

The WGA strike ends at 12:01 AM Wednesday September 27 2023. The WGA Negotiating Committee has pulled off an amazing deal. Included in the new MBA agreement is so much good stuff, but just as a few points: You can check out 2023 MBA details here on the WGA site: :::SUMMARY OF THE 2023 WGA […]

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LA TIMES, WGA, studios, reach tentative agreement

146 Days

The WGA and AMPTP have reached a tentative agreement. It took 146 days to get there. And part of me, having seen what Business Affairs can do to an agreement and how much red pen it takes to get a contract to actually resemble what was agreed to verbally, I’m pretty sure it will take more days to hammer out “contract speak” in the actual Minimum Basic Agreement. But. We are there.

Writers have won.

It sounds like a real win too. Not the lackluster win of 2008. A real win in 2023. Yay!

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Mornings Smokes & Mayhem

mornings, smokes and mayhem

This morning at 4:30 AM I was out on the building’s amenity deck having a smoke. The deck itself is locked down during those hours but there is a little tiny smoking patio there outside the building doors. And I had my smoke. And I headed back inside.  And there was screaming.  Full throated screaming. […]

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Screenwriting Labs With Author and Award Winning Screenwriter Max Adams

screenwriting labs are back!

Oyez, Saturday screenwriting labs with yours truly, author & award winning screenwriter Max Adams, are back. Yay! The Logline Lab: Saturday September 23rd 2023 8 PM ET on Zoom The Lookbook Lab: Saturday September 30th 2023 8 PM on Zoom These are Saturday weekend labs on Zoom. You want those. Hit ’em!

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WGA Strike 2023

strike!

Well. We are on strike. When I say we, that is WGA as in Writers Guild of America writers. [Screenwriters are union labor. You knew that, right?] Wall Street is never going to get tired of getting rich on talents’ back. Screenwriters shouldn’t have to drive Ubers in off hours to put food on the […]

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