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• TV and film writers looking for a fair deal

  Published: August 9, 2007, 9:21 am

  Tags: Amptp, New York Times, Screenplays, Screenwriters, Television Writers, Tv Writers, Tvwriters, Wga, Writers Guild Of America

  Filed under: Industry, OpEdWriting is one of the oddest professions. A lot of people just don't get what we do, why we do it, how we do it, or what we get paid. I've encountered countless numbers of people who think that I'm rich because I'm a writer and "that lady J.K. Rowling is a writer and she's rich!" or they think I shouldn't get paid that

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• Jeffrey M. Anderson's 400 Screens, 400 Blows - All the Write Moves

  Published: September 27, 2007, 2:02 pm

  Tags: Cinematical, Film, Goya S Ghosts, In The Valley Of Elah, Jean Claude Carriere, Movie, Paul Haggis, Richard Shepard, Screenwriters, The Hunting Party

  or an article in defense of screenwriters. And a recent book argues for a brand new auteur theory putting screenwriters in the spotlight. Considered one of the world's greatest screenwriters, Jean-Claude Carrière's name appears on one current film, Goya's Ghosts (13 screens). It's one of over 100 produced screenplays he has written, and

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• solidarity

  Published: November 5, 2007, 4:08 am

  Tags: Hollywood, Screenwriters, Screenwriting, Guild

  Picket Captains, Hollywood Screenwriters, Wga ContractKeywords: guild, writers guild, guild america, strike, writers, hollywood, monday unless, america, minute deal, monday, MONTH11, unless, television producers, screenwriters, dealCategories: hollywood, screenwriters, screenwriting,

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• Redwatch joins The Battle of the Crazies - Loonie Con Connor rips off Druids

  Published: November 8, 2007, 4:12 am

  Tags: Zebbies, Irishblogs, Awards, Screenwriters, Screenwriting

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogGuest Post by John Reynolds from 4Basra  Damien MulleySee 0 more posts on this topic: Con Connor, Redwatch Joins, Senator David, Loonie Con, Connor RipsKeywords: norris, senator david, senator, david norris, zebbie award, wittily mced, trilogybest radio,

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• mailer.jpg

  Published: November 12, 2007, 7:10 pm

  Tags: Playwrights, Screenwriters, Martin Amis, Norman Mailer, Gore Vidal, Alan Lelchuck, Books

  playwrights, screenwriters, Martin Amis, norman mailer, gore vidal, alan lelchuck,

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• Hungry Screenwriters Strike Out On Their Own [Strike]

  Published: November 13, 2007, 1:15 pm

  Tags: Hollywood, Hungry, Not Funny, Screenwriters, Strike, Top, Writer Monkeys On Strike, Writers Strike

  Now that they're on strike, it seems like screenwriters are busier and more productive than ever. But left to their own devices, it turns out that they are a distinctly unfunny bunch. Put a bunch of...

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• The death of Norman Mailer

  Published: November 14, 2007, 7:14 pm

  Tags: Books, Gore Vidal, Alan Lelchuck, Writers, Science Of Writing, The Attitude Of Writing, Playwrights, Screenwriters, Martin Amis, Norman Mailer

  playwrights, screenwriters, Martin Amis,

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• Striking screenwriters turn their pens to the subject of food

  Published: November 21, 2007, 9:58 am

  Tags: Amy Ephron, Food Blog, Food Essays, One For The Table, Oneforthetable, Striking Screenwriters

  of you know, the nation's screenwriters are currently on strike. Every time I hear a news report about the strike, I start to wonder how many of those screenwriters are spending their time. They can't all be out on the picket lines and, as I well know, the urge to write is strong. So strong, in fact, that some of the striking screenwriters,

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• Major new survey on LGBT Mental Health and Wellbeing Underway

  Published: November 22, 2007, 10:02 am

  Tags: Screenwriters, Lgbt, Screenwriting, Queer, Guild, Lesbian, Weekly Release Calendar, Social Policy, Web, Ireland, Business, Dublin, Opencoffee, Paddysvalley, Industry

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogSee 2 more posts on this topic: November 2007, 22th November, 28th November, Annonucement 26th, Announcement 26thKeywords: november, november 2007, 22th november, MONTH11, 22th, 28th november, YEAR2007, annonucement 26th, announcement 26th, paddysvalley trip,

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• Shameless self-promotion

  Published: November 23, 2007, 4:02 am

  Tags: Hollywood, Screenwriters, Screenwriting, Guild, Web, Ireland, Business, Dublin, Opencoffee, Paddysvalley, Industry

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogShameless self-promotion  ElBlogador.com- The Voice of Irish NationalismSee 0 more posts on this topic: 22th November, 28th November, Paddysvalley Trip, Club Dublin, Us HeadKeywords: 22th november, 22th, november, 28th november, paddysvalley trip, 28th, MONTH11,

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• Sarah Connor: Ready for some Pump-Action

  Published: November 24, 2007, 7:07 pm

  Tags: Weapons, Industry, Hollywood, Screenwriters, Screenwriting, Guild

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogSee 0 more posts on this topic: Writers' Strike, Wga Strike, Solidarity, Send Pencils, Garnered QuiteKeywords: strike, writers' strike, wga, wga strike, writers', solidarity, send pencils, garnered quite, entertainment workers, MONTH11, run 6,

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• Irish Short Film Schemes Applications Seminar - 27 Nov

  Published: November 25, 2007, 4:07 am

  Tags: Rte, Short Films, Screenwriters, Screenwriting, Members News, Awards News, Training News, Awards

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogSee 0 more posts on this topic: Short Film, Film Schemes, Schemes Applications, Rt Short, Seamus DugganKeywords: short film, film, filmbase, short, film schemes, schemes applications, rt short, MONTH11, seamus duggan, schemes application, representing rt ,

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• MTV Back Down

  Published: December 18, 2007, 4:17 am

  Tags: Strike, Industry, Screenwriters, Hollywood, Screenwriting, Hangover, Christmas Party, Miscellanea, Bootsnall Holiday Party

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogSee 0 more posts on this topic: Holiday Party, Hollywood Reports, United Hollywood, National Labor, Labor RelationsKeywords: holiday party, holiday, party, bootsnall holiday, tv next, supersized head, questions ow, manammajamma, bel aire, bootsnall,

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• What Journalists Can Learn From Screenwriters Strike

  Published: December 17, 2007, 11:48 pm

  Tags: Daily Newspaper Companies, Innovation, News And Democracy, Free Agent Nation, Joel Kramer, Joseph Menn, Knight Foundation, Minnpost, New Haven Independent, Paul Bass, Paul Steiger, Propublica, Screenwriters Stirke, The Politico

  the web. Creators -- think screenwriters, songwriters or journalists -- create. Their intended audience is not all the middlemen betwixt and between, the agents, the studios, the publishers. Their intended audience is, well, the audience. TV watchers, music listeners, news junkies. The Internet is the medium that connects the two -- creators

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• LiteraryChancer: Black Is The New Black

  Published: December 19, 2007, 10:16 am

  Tags: Shout Out, Television, Screenwriters, Screenwriting, Books, Fiction, Literature, Xmas, John Banville, Benjamin Black, Blog, Review

  Irish Playwrights and Screenwriters Guild BlogI've updated my blogroll  isadub.comSee 1 more posts on this topic: Man Booker, Booker Prize, Complete List, John Banville, Link AboveKeywords: booker, banville, man booker, booker prize, complete list, john banville, link above, i've updated,

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