From the Trenches: Working Writers in Conversation
From the Trenches, Eric Tipton, Holly S, Andy Bobrow, Angela WorkmanPerspectives and insights on the writing business from experienced television and feature writers.
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How I Got In, Part 3
Andy Bobrow: Welcome back to the trenches. Since the WGA negotiations have begun, we don’t want to talk over the negotiating committee regarding contract issues. That makes this a great week to talk about how we got into the business. Let’s...
Okay But When Do I Get The Money?
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ANDY BOBROW: Welcome back to the trenches. We want to have a general discussion about money, because so many money issues in our career are unique. The way...
Oh Fuck, Robots.
ERIC TIPTON: Hi and welcome to the blogcast! We thought it was time to let Andy Bobrow write something other than the intro to this substack – at least for one week. We also thought – in light of some recent developments and articles and st...
Residuals: How the hell did we get here?
ANDY BOBROW: Hi and welcome back to the trenches. In our last substack, we talked about all the different residual formulas and how they play out in real life. And then we were contacted by Grace Reiner, who was a negotiator for the Writers...
Show us your residuals!
HOLLY SORENSEN: If there is one issue in the current dystopian streaming landscape we can all agree needs fixing, it’s residuals. Many writers will never see residuals, and many have seen just one kind of residual, so the bulk of us might n...
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The writers behind this newsletter.
A group of working screenwriters and television writers sharing what we know.
30 Year WGA member, published author, seller of specs, developer of TV: ITV, WBTV, USA, Freeform, others. Pen snob. Office supply fetishist. IAG, Literate. Single space after a period is settled law.
Entertainment Industry Survivor
Writer, Community, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, Last Man on Earth, Malcolm in the Middle, Bless the Harts, Krapopolis. Pretty great shit, very grateful. Also I make chocolate.
Screenwriter for Fincher, Spielberg, Emmerich, Caro. Professional studio writer for twenty-five years.
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