Writer's Strike Thread

[RuAsRuAnAu]

So, Peter Brash hates "Miss K*la Boof"?

[Shawn]

He's smarter than I thought.

[Sylph]

OK, you and your criptic posts!! Didn't get a thing...

[bellcurve]

HEY! What I meant was...I think it would be saying alot to assume you're an insider.

It's not like I have really bad grammar and lots of misspelled words. My choice of words can be fishy sometimes. I mean, it could ALWAYS be worse...my post could always read something like this:

"i LOVE keren harris. wen she wrot 4 port churles, she wuz on a role. i luvd alison and JAMAL. jamallison 4 evr. lucie losing baby kristinah made me sad. it reminded me of lifetime movies i enjoy watching. well, that and one TREE hill.

keren harris was the best evr. loved her.

port churles is the best soap opera evr. but there wuz no rapes on it or killer clownz. oh well, off to write my fanfic."

[Shawn]

You just made me reenact a Danny Thomas spit-take. For that, I thank you.

[bellcurve]

What does that have to do with Brash's interview, the article about striking writers, or the strike itself?

I hope [!@#$%^&*] goes financial core. Maybe we'll never have to hear her name again!

[Shawn]

Tell me about it. That name reminds me of a feminine gas problem.

[bellcurve]

I'm just sick of hearing about her. LOL.

And it's not like she hasn't written without credits before. She should just go ahead and scab. I mean, that's if she truly wants to "save" daytime. Maybe she'll be like Donna Swajeski and get hired after her under-the-tableness.

(see Sylph...you still got me editing...it's like fiction workshop class all over again...)

[Sylph]

OK, nothing again. Sorry. Maybe I should rephrase: why would it be saying much? Not that I know what that means, anyway...

LOL... That's why I skip through JackPeyton's posts.

[bellcurve]

Much meaning alot. LOL. It would be saying alot to assume that because you are well versed in soap operadom that you would be an insider. But that if you were one, I'd bank on you being Brad or Pat. But that's much to assume. LOL

Okay, I admit defeat with the word choice! LOL.

That was actually supposed to be a takeoff on another member of our board community.

[Vee]

I could also name an obscure daytime staff writer and claim they are responsible for all my professional problems. But I don't!

I think working as a ghostwriting scab would be the ultimate in Chinese levels of hell for SWMSNBN. It would allow her to write for the soaps, yes, but that's not really what she cares about; what she cares about is having attention paid to her and being talked about at all times, spinning as many stories as she can to keep her name out there. It's amazing the things you find when you google her name and see other boards have run afoul of her in the past. As some other people at other places said, it's not that all of her ideas are bad (just most of them), it's not that she can't write at all; it's that she lies. And that she doesn't know how not to lie, and that she can't live without relentless self-promotion and creating constant "buzz", making new stories that make her readily "Google-able" by dropping her name in with lots of other big celebrity and corporate names. It's that same overzealous approach, that same oversaturation through Internet trolling, that keeps her out of daytime today. It's all her own fault. She can't stop.

[exwriter]

Financial core "member" is a misnomer. Once you go Core you are resigning from the Guild permanently. You are no longer a member and cannot reclaim status as such.

[bellcurve]

So, going back to another question of mine...

If someone goes core, would the networks and production companies be able to stop payment on residuals, because that person is no longer a member of the Guild?

[exwriter]

No. The residuals are money already earned. Even after you're core, you get your residuals.

The drawback of going core -- and it's huge -- is that your name is public. All of the other writers will know that you were there selfishly collecting a paycheck while others were suffering and putting their livelihoods on the line.... for you. What do you think will happen to those FiCore members when the strike is over? They will be fired by their headwriters -- in daytime you don't need a reason. "Artistic differences" can mean I don't like your beady little eyes. They will be fired, and nobody else will hire them. So, their careers are over. After all, you go FiCore, you enable the shows to operate semi-normally, although I submit that, of the names I know -- and there are less than 10 so far, most of the rank and file who are opting for core are among the worst writers of the crop. But if the shows can peter along, the strike will take longer to be effective. Which means you're screwing all your fellow writers. And having kids, etc. is no excuse. There are plenty of striking writers out there with families.

Yes, I'm emotional about this issue. I cannot believe anyone would be so stupid, selfish and mercenary as to do this. And, say they are a soulless wastrel.... aren't they embarrassed?

[SoapQueen89]

WGA-East Plans To Send Soap Writers Down the Drain

Word that writers on some daytime soap operas are continuing to work on the shows during the strike drew sharp comments from the Writers Guild of America East. The writers have been placed in a particularly complicated situation since their shows are already facing uncertain futures and would likely be canceled without fresh episodes. Some writers have opted for "financial core" status, essentially giving up their guild membership, while others are reportedly writing in secret, hoping that the guild does not learn that they are continuing to work on the shows. Most soap operas are still produced by New York advertising agencies representing soap companies. WGA East spokeswoman Sherry Goldman accused the soap-opera writers of "prolonging the strike" and added: "They will never be full members of the Writers Guild again."

http://us.imdb.com/news/sb/#tv3