Three Dangerous Tipping Points for Writers, Part II: The WGA Strike and The Hollywood Powers That Be

Sure, Hollywood is full of sharks who see script writers as nothing more than chum. But remember, "Jaws" ended with its villain blown to smithereens.

But first, a brief addendum cum introduction

One of my readers pointed out that scriptwriters are story tellers and not “content creators,” as I refer to WGA members in this piece. That was a deliberate choice on my part and not meant to slight my hardworking peers in the WGA. At first I debated between using "storytellers" versus "content creators." U…