From the Trenches: Working Writers in Conversation | Substack

AI just moved to LA, and it wants to pick your brain over coffee.

Feb 17

Former WGA attorney Grace Reiner gives us the history of residuals and clarifies a lot.

Feb 10

This week we're talking about fair pay issues.

Mar 13

We got writers to share their residual numbers.

Jan 31

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As the strike rhetoric heats up, we look back and try to learn from the last one.

Jan 17

Working writers talk about how it happened for them and how they've kept it going.

Jan 6

Pitching sucks even when it goes well. Here are stories of when it sucked even worse.

Dec 16, 2022

The guilds face a huge existential issue in the upcoming negotiation, so maybe it's time to work together.

Dec 9, 2022

Closing deals, buying scripts, doing business... seems like we're in a bizarro world where no one is in a hurry to do anything.

Nov 18, 2022

Negotiations start in May, so if the WGA were Santa, what's in our letter?

Nov 10, 2022

Seriously though, what's with all the fucking IP?

Nov 3, 2022

Writers discuss their origin stories.

Oct 27, 2022

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From the Trenches: Working Writers in Conversation

Perspectives and insights on the writing business from experienced television and feature writers.

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