LET'S MAKE A DEAL

The DGA, WGA and SAG/AFTRA start ramping up for their negotiations with the AMPTP. It seems just like yesterday we were all out with picket signs, proving our worth as writers. Not just in that we were striking, but the fabulous quips and sayings found on our signs.

Well, here we are again. Let's hope cooler heads prevail this time and everyone can continue trying to regain the money they lost in the extended strike.

If you recall, there was a strike, then the holidays (which means no work gets done from the week before Thanksgiving until the week after New Years), but then we had the fires, then a sort of Sundance for those who didn't lose their house, then studio implosions, and then it was summer (where families need to take the kids on vacay at least for a couple of weeks), and then it was finally realized that Hollywood had a 'lack of film credits available for productions' and needed to get some money from the state to bring back runaway movies and television before the whole industry, and those who help sustain it, starved... Thankfully, some money was allocated, but not nearly enough. So, hopefully that will be dealt with more substantially soon by the state. In the meantime, I really hope the Guilds can all make a deal easily this time.

In other words... I really hope there will be a long runway of work and production ahead. We need it.

Thanks for listening... Sharon