You don’t have to watch the video of #TyreNichols being beaten by police. You don’t have to subject yourself to that trauma. It should not require another video of a Black human being dehumanized for anyone to understand that police brutality is an urgent, devastating issue.

Just submitted to Sundance Episodic Lab ✌🏼😎 😬😅😭

Writers, make sure you have ALL of these ready for your fellowship applications: ✅Proofread script in PDF format ✅Personal essay (check prompts!) ✅Complete Mental Breakdown

Michelle Yeoh won the best actress for her role in “Everything, Everywhere All at Once.” The victory makes her the first Asian star to win best actress in the 95-year history of the Academy Awards. nyti.ms/3mLf1tN

casual reminder that Suzanne Collins has the Hunger Games series audiobooks on Spotify for free

Save the date! Applications for the 2023 cycle of WASSTP open on April 20! BIPOC writers, LGBTQ+ writers, disabled writers, and writers over the age of 50 are encouraged to apply. You can find more program information at bit.ly/writers-access.

this is my infinity war

This is such a mind-boggling question to me. Novelists write everything in their books, screenwriters write everything in their scripts. Why do so many people assume TV writers just write a few lines of dialogue for one character and call it a day?

AI isn't that good and it has no heart. Kinda important for storytelling and adapting. The human writer would probably have to rewrite it from scratch bc the draft is unsalvagable. This is like a cringy pitch. It's cliche. It's cheugy. It's embarrassing. They're reaching.

If you’re missing your favorite show, SUPPORT THE WRITERS. If you’re quoting your favorite movie, SUPPORT THE WRITERS. If you want to write for Hollywood, SUPPORT THE WRITERS. #WGAStrong

Duffers here. Writing does not stop when filming begins. While we’re excited to start production with our amazing cast and crew, it is not possible during this strike. We hope a fair deal is reached soon so we can all get back to work. Until then -- over and out. #wgastrong

Other showrunners can do this. Thank you Duffer Brothers.

Here is a fun fact about showrunner pay in the streaming age: In a year where I write two unproduced (in other words, failed) pilots, I make more money than I will make in 12 straight months of running a TV show that I co-created.

David Simon, the creator of The Wire, says he’s on strike to protect new generations of writers and make sure they aren’t exploited by studios. He also explains how studios are cutting jobs to please shareholders and making TV shows almost impossible to run. cc David Simon

Listen. LISTEN. If the Copyright Office wants to help writers it could just declare it will not register AI-generated material. Without registration, studios won't have massive infringement damages assured and they will HIRE WRITERS

No comment except to say that calling Jesus/Christianity “the biggest IP of all time” is the funniest thing a network exec has ever done

WATCH BEFORE MY SPEECH IS REMOVED OR SUPPRESSED ON THIS PLATFORM: "Mr. President, on Martin Luther King Day, during President Trump's Inauguration Ceremony, the richest, most powerful man on earth threw a fervent and unmistakable "S*eg H*il" N*zi salute in the context of

The The Associated Press says the White House told them that if they didn't "align its editorial standards" with Trump's executive order renaming the Gulf of Mexico as Gulf of America, it would be barred from accessing an event