Song For The Writers!

I like writers. They tend to be decent, funny, creative people. I have always found the actor/writer relationship to be a very creative one. I know all the writer jokes actors tell and vice versa but the truth is that actors and writers are like.... well.... Like....Uh... I could act it out for you but I can't put it into words.

In the interest of full disclosure I also tend to like the creative execs I have worked with. I have, like, five friends who are execs and their assistants tell me they are very nice people. So who is holding things up here? All the writers I know would like it if the two sides would sit down and start talking. 4 out of 5 execs I know feel the same... wait... Make that 3 out of 4 -- What a tough business.

What the writers are asking for is more than fair. Let's support them because this battle will have repercussions for all of us no matter what you do.

It is my pleasure to write one for the writers who have written so many for all of us...

Read more about the strike on the Huffington Post's writers' strike page.

Comments

[citizenofmars]

you rule dude...

[JackNasty]

Go writers!

Go Paul!

[citizenofmars]

I write the shows that make you puke - I write the shows - cuz I'm a kook Caca jokes and reality shows - 24/7 TV blows - I write the shows That how it goes. I write the shows. Lucy & Bonanza are gone with the wind - It's all Maury and thirteen year olds that have sinned - Dr.Phil wastes his time on losers & geeks- And that CSI guy says the same shit each week - I write the shows I write the shows

[wrabbitt]

the writers need to start writing commercials then the commercials that take up more time than the program does will be better maybe any way... the writers i support but, union labor i do not...too much union baggage 55$ a week for union dues....to send the union president on vacation?

[splashy]

Great song!

The creative people seem to pretty much ALWAYS get screwed by the parasites that live off them. It's criminal!

The writers NEED a decent living, or we all lose.

[Writerchick]

That was fantastic, Paul!

Keep on chooglin'. You got the entire strike down in a single song.

Are the producers listening? Hey, that's a funny word "Producers." Because they aren't the ones who are "Producing" the work, are they? It's the WRITERS! What would producers have to produce if the writers didn't produce the product in the first place? Hmm.

Thanks, Paul. From the bottom of my ink-stained fingers.

[cherylktardif]

Great article, Paul, and I love the song. It is a pity that writers everywhere are so undervalued, considering we're responsible for the books you read, the TV shows you watch, the movies you go to, the magazines you enjoy, etc.
I'm a Canadian author and it's no different in my country. The writers create the "baby" (the book, show, movie script) and yet we see the least profit from it. It really is a crime. How many authors do you know who live the life of the rich and famous film producers or the mega publishers? A handful or two.
Meanwhile the rest of us authors and writers are lucky to make minimum wage for our time and dedication and promotion of what we have created.
I love what I do. I'm a suspense author. And it's quite suspenseful waiting to see if I made more than a dollar per book. The general public seems to have no idea how little writers make. Most writers I know have second jobs. Yet they write for hours a day, without pay.
And trust me, it's not just Burbank and West L.A. that's watching this strike. Even your neighbors to the north, especially fellow writers, are watching.
I hope they get what they deserve--more money for their time and creativity, the latter a rare commodity.
Sincerely,
Cheryl Kaye Tardif,
bestselling author of Whale Song
and a "decent, funny, creative" person. :)
www.cherylktardif.com

[PoorVets]

WE CARE! AND IT'S TIME TO WAKE UP AND APPRECIATE THE EFFORTS BY THE MOST CLEVER WRITERS IN THE WORLD, YES WE THE VETS CARE! STOP SPENDING ON SOMETHING THAT HAS NO VALUE FOR THE FUTURE AND GIVE TO THE PEOPLE THE QUALITY OF LIFE THEY DESERVE, HOW YOU SAY? BY NOT MAKING SERIOUS MISTAKES THAT TEND TO CAUSE DISASTER/S TO THE WORLD. AFTER ALL WE ARE ALL PAYING FOR THAT! AND WILL BE FOR A LONG LONG TIME.

[williamg]

Outside of Burbank and West L.A. no one cares about the writers.