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 much because "writing is easy and fun" or some other sort of logic. Brookes Barnes doesn't get it either. He has an op-ed piece in the New York Times this week about the latest negotiations between the WGA and the AMPTP. TV and film writers want a piece of the DVD sales pie. Barnes seems to think that they're asking for too much because...well, I'll let Barnes explain it himself, in his opening paragraph:Continue reading TV and film writers looking for a fair deal Permalink Email this Comments

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