13 February 2008
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- Lori A. Basiewicz
- Lori Basiewicz has been sequestered in an undisclosed location in the United States’ Heartland. Her friends and fellow writers say it is for her own good and that they will release her when she finally finishes her Master’s thesis, succeeds in marketing her first novel, and completes the first draft of her second novel. In other words, she’s never getting out. Lori periodically escapes protective custody in order to practice aikido. This blog is, quite possibly, her only contact with the outside world.
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11 comments:
As a viewer, I'm glad it's over, but I hope the writers got enough of what they deserved so that it was worth their while.
Me, too. I hope they make the terms of the contract(s) known.
Its about time. Even I, as a writer, was getting disgusted with the writers.
Why?
Because I'm sick of reruns and reality shows? I'm still a consumer first and foremost.
In the comment thread right before this one, you're taking the opposite stance. In that thread, you believe it's wrong for publishers to give writers work away in e-book format as a form of self-promotion, even with the writers' approval, because you were interested in financial gain for your own work.
The views aren't comparable.
I write books. Books traditionally are not given away for free.
Also I'm not a script writer. I'm a script consumer.
I don't understand the industry or fully understand what the strike was about. All I know is my shows weren't on.
Ed, you're really making me thing of Pastor Martin Niemoeller right now. What I'm understanding you to say is only the type of writing that you do should be fairly compensated and that the type of writing you do should always be compensated, but other writers should be willing to provide you with entertainment for substandard fees?
Hmm. No. I'm saying I don't know anything at all about that part of the business, how it's run, how they're paid, what they do, or anything. It's all a completely mystery.
All I know is that when I turn on my TV and my show isn't on, I get upset. Doesn't matter whose fault it is, or what their reasoning is, I get upset. I'd get mad at the actors if they went on strike, no matter how legitimate their beef was. I'd get mad at the directors, the keygrips, the bestboys, anyone who was responsible for taking my shows away.
The fact that it happens to be writers doesn't change that.
Anytime any strike intrudes into my life for whatever reason I get upset. I guess I'm selfish that way.
That's rather the point of strikes, to draw attention to things that people take for granted. The thing is, in this particular strike, in a way, the WGA was striking for you, too. You're a writer. You're underpaid and your work is not always respected as work. Such actions as the WGA strike have ripple effects into areas outside of screenwriting.
"We must hang together, or we shall hang seperately."
If one writer is devalued, eventually they all are. If a studio can get a script for free, then why should they pay a professional? If kids are desperate for attention and whoring out their novels, why should they pay you for yours? For the quality? Eventually, that won't be enough.
(And seriously. How big a deal was it to lose something like CSI, which has turned to crap? Or Bionic Woman which has steadily remained crap? Whoopy-doo, sayeth me.)
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