'The WGA is confident we are close to a deal'

“Workin my Azz off…… ” if you quit working there are 4 people ready to take your place, the writers are the best at what they do, and want to recieve their fair share of profits.

While I support the WGA and the writers’ earning their fair share… that figure of an avg of 62k for year is a clear manipulation of figures. That includes all the members who live in Peoria and Kansas who earn maybe $1,000 a year – when combined with all the successful writers in CA writing for TV and movies who earn 500,000K/year, the combined average may be $62k, sure! Don’t think for a minute they are ALL poor! Think about the math of an “averge” number!

I work in the industry and after reading all of these comments, I am baffled. The ‘wanting your fair share’ claim IS the same as a wallmart employee complaining that the execs make way more money than them. Given the opportunity, the average joe probably COULD write better things than what’s out there. We ALL are replaceable. The writer’s market is no different. The unfortunate reality is that faces sell films/tv more than writing. Just like atheletes sell sports more than coaching. Due to a lack of ‘Hollywood Human Resources’ the need for a strike is unfortunately necessary but please don’t say both sides are not greedy because I am sure that a wallmart worker would love the opportunity to write for a show and could do it. They just are not in the right networks to do it. Hell a poor child in Africa could write better stuff than what’s out there and it would actually mean something. The fact that writers are ‘Employees’ means a need to compromise and have humility.

Therealsit, your point is well taken, but I think it falls under the weight of its central premise, namely that anyone can write a film or television show. It is undeniable that just about anyone (with a strong work ethic) can be a sales professional. The fact that you apparently find the content of popular shows to be vapid does not lead to the conclusion that anyone can write it. Writing, like all artistic endeavors, seems to be a lot easier than it is. A writers skill is not acquired out of the ether, it is developed. Furthermore, few writers come to the industry with their “networks” in place. They leave their day jobs and take a chance on their desire. Finally, a big box employee is but one (fairly easily replaced) cog in a production and distribution machine. Though writers are a part of larger industry, they represent a much bigger piece of the line of production than a stock boy, or a line worker, or a desk jockey.

Thanks for your support of my second point Patrick. I agree it requires a skill that not everyone can do. I was merely instigating that they should get over themselves and that things could be a lot worse. Many others just like them have more difficult struggles. Given that I work in the industry as well (film/video editor) I understand the need to step away from day jobs and chase desire as I do it everyday but I do not think for a second that I could not be replaced. It makes me grateful for every job opportunity I recieve that allows me to feed my desire even if it is something I may not like. As long as I am not working for free nor treated like a slave I am happy. Fortune can be nothing more than loving what you do and just like the words NEED and WANT have become synonymous in modern society FORTUNE and WEALTH have the same misguided philosophy to them. With musicians struggling amongst other artists these writers come off as a little spoiled.

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