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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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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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story board whut?

  I am always seeing these crazy story boards posted online by writers. They are very ordered and very detailed and very complex and to me look like time outlines for a NASA space mission or a chores list put up for a military camp. Here is one of those crazy story boards: Here is […]

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