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And if you do get paid for your ideas/writing during the strike, that is considered scabbing and you will be barred from the WGA for life, as per this email from the Blacklist:
And, because a lot of people don’t understand this bit, this is about you selling your ideas or writing to US-based TV studios or movie studios who are part of the AMPTP. There is no strike against book publishers. Nor audiobooks, graphic novels, or poetry publishing. Or just writing.
Read the above from the WGA.
Important additional note for early career filmmakers and students (like me!):
For pre-WGA writers (i.e. people who want to join WGA but cannot yet qualify / still earning early-career credits) - this FAQ by an authorized WGA representative is very helpful.
2. Upload student films to YouTube, Vimeo, Patreon, or your personal social media
3. Create indie films for *under $20,000*(“micro-budget” films)
–>unlike WGA members, pre-members are still allowed to actively write and film. We are not “pens down.”
4.Submit micro-budget films to film festivals
5. Send spec scripts to agents, sign with an agent
What you CANNOT do is sign any production or distribution deals. Nor can an agent submit your film or script to producers, streamers, studios, or distributors on your behalf.
This prohibition includes “major indie” studios unaffiliated with AMPTP, such as A24. Note that this is a key difference between WGA and SAG-AFTRA!
SAG-AFTRA allows student and early career actors to continue to submit reels and audition for non-AMPTP films. WGA does NOT want student writers to do this with our scripts. The WGA rep in the article gives good sample messaging if any studio or producer is interested in your script or self-published films. Emphasize that you would love to work with the studio after the strike is complete and WGA terms have been met, and you will reach back out at that time.
Essentially: as a pre-WGA member, you are allowed to do your film class homework! You are allowed to write scripts and film them yourself. You *are* allowed to self-produce, self-publish, and self-distribute your work on platforms that do not pay residuals (i.e. social media, etc).
You are NOT allowed to contribute to the pipeline of content that AMPTP studios and major streamers profit from. Do not submit or sign any deals for your scripts, nor for distribution of your independently created films.
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Eta: direct questions and answers - this is most relevant to student + early career filmmakers.
MovieMaker: And that’s also detrimental to the agent, because they’re also going to lose money on you.
Christopher Kyle: Yes. The only thing I would say is, I would guess that agents have time on their hands right now. It may be a good time for an aspiring writer to send them a script to read. Because they may have more time to read it.
MovieMaker: Is that considered distasteful or tacky or anything?
Christopher Kyle: Tacky to sign with an agent? We’re not we’re not in conflict with agents. So if agents want to use this time to find clients that they’re then going to market in the future, I think that’s fine. But you know, they can’t start that marketing until after the strike.
MovieMaker: Got it. Okay. And there’s no conflict at all with using screenwriting platforms for coverage service?
Christopher Kyle: I don’t think so, unless their coverage service is somehow sponsored by one of the signatory companies, which I can’t imagine is the case.
MovieMaker: I get emails from contests that say, basically, “Here’s your chance to pitch your ideas to managers and agents” or to “pitch your ideas to producers.” It sounds like pitching to managers and agents is fine, but pitching to producers would clearly be out of bounds.
Christopher Kyle: Correct.
MovieMaker: Can independent filmmakers seek investors or crowdfunding during the strike?
Christopher Kyle: As long as the investments aren’t coming from a signatory company.
MovieMaker: Can independent filmmakers enter their films and film festivals during the writers strike?
Christopher Kyle: Yes, but as I said before, if they put their film in a festival and it leads to an offer of sale or option from a company that we’re striking against them, they wouldn’t be able to take advantage of that without running across the rules.
MovieMaker: So if Netflix or another signatory reached out to you and said, “We love your film, we want it,” what is the proper response? Is it no response? Or should you say, “Let’s talk when the strike is over”?
Christopher Kyle: That’s what you should say. “I really appreciate your interest in my work. I’m in solidarity with the striking writers. As soon as the strike is over, I hope to have this conversation with you then.”
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TLDR version - pre-WGA writers can write scripts, post scripts to Blacklist or social media, pitch agents, sign with agents, create mico budget films, post films to social media or your online portfolio, submit films to festivals, get direct funding for films (via Patreon, Only Fans, or Kickstarter)
The only things you cannot do are: pitch to, meet with, actively write for, or sign with an AMPTP signatory studio or streaming service.
Hope this helps others, it definitely clarified things for me 😁
Hey y'all, there’s a great Instagram acct called gogreensavegreen that just released three awesome resources for getting involved in collective action!
I’ll include the link, they’re going to be updating them and helping them grow, and they’re AWESOME. Collective action is huge! Individual action is great for getting motivated, connecting with the earth, understanding resources, and growing passion, but these resources will take you further. I love just scrolling through them.
If you care about this and don’t really know where to start THIS is for you. If you feel hopeless about our situation THIS is for you. If you find it hard to find like minded people THIS is for you!
Please boost and spread the word about this. We need as many people taking action as possible, and maybe this will help someone out there find their niche, their calling, their hobby, their action!
being a dom is only cool if people like you. otherwise it’s super embarrassing. if you’re a sub you can be like “ahhh i wanna get fucked superrr hard >w<” and it’s kind of endearing. if you’re a dom and you say “i want to FUCK someone.. who will be mommys little KITTY today ..” and no one actually wants to have sex with you, you may as well kill yourself. because there’s no coming back from that
callback to the time I wrote literal pages of lore and worldbuilding, including a universe with a creation story, afterlife metaphysics, and a timeline featuring the rapture, a divine astral plane turf war, and the introduction of gods and magic to the modern mortal world
for a kink scene where I roleplayed as a sexy demon lady
I workshopped my character’s name, voice and personality and wrote an entire universe to hold her. for a scene that lasted about an hour. if that’s not DMing but for sex I don’t know what is
your honor ive been murdered
Good news: At that level of prep I don’t think it’s improv anymore.
Bad news: turned on by amateur theater
Good news: there are so many of us amateur theater nerds in the world
“Never focus on on what you can subtract from- but what you can add to your meals.”
This video was very fast but… this is what made me reblog.
Very well said.
The reason SPAM has a negative view is quite simple. During WWII, it was the only protein that wasn’t rationed. This meant that most people ate more SPAM than they wanted to.
The culture around it has just remained.
It has a negative cultural view from white folks and mainland folks! If you’re from anywhere in the diaspora – places where American GIs were stationed, especially — you still eat a ton of SPAM and other things like that. Vienna sausages and stuff are normal and not generally seen as something gross or undesirable.
The Trini way is to put some ketchup in the frying pan with it. You need to learn the knack of frying-in-ketchup without splattering the hell out of everything lol but it’s so delicious. In a sandwich with egg and some peppersauce? BRILLIANT
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