Writer on strike! How much does a writer / screenwriter in Los Angelesđ make?
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She explained this so fully. Thank you! I wish the very best for her and all of the writers and actors striking. I had no idea that screenwriting is this hard.
This was a really good interview. I learned a lot. Thank you đ
This was a great interview! So informative. Thank you!
Wow, this was really informative. It's both sad and interesting hearing about the workforce dynamics in the creative space.
YES!! Everything she said! Whatâs her NAME??
I love that she turned a question about income into an informative conversation about everything related to this industry! That pertains to your income DIRECTLY. When asked this question, feel free to elaborate. Please share this!!
None other than miss Kyra Jones! You can find her on IG đ
As someone who wants to get in this industry, damn thats a huge barrier to break into
38k without working
residuals probably
they make 0, per year when the show is canceled. She's probably taking another part time job that make her 38k per year.
Sure that's a lot of money to most working people but I do get why those with families etc would feel hard done by given the lack of security & varying income, all whilst their industry is only reeling in more profits. If you've shortened the rooms at least pay the people you do hire well with decent contracts. She explained it very well
I hope things work out for her and other writers. With AI becoming more popular i wonder do writers fear it will take their jobs?
Cool video, and I appreciate the insight into the strikes in the US. Just a few discussion points. If you need 20 episodes under your belt for a promotion, and that is standard practice, how do you know the reason "Woke" or "Queens" weren't given longer episode runs for reasons outside of race? Maybe the story wasn't strong enough or had enough meat to make 20 episodes?
And if standard practice is to have 20 episodes before a promotion and you do not yet, couldn't that just mean you don't have enough experience yet? Or that also is undoubtedly due to race?
Being a staff writer and making 200k without being a principle on the show, or having concrete additions to the script is absolutely amazing and I applaud you for it.
I just don't buy the other arguments.
this is exactly why i personally dont support the strikes. this is an industry. if the show is terrible, people wont watch meaning those funding it and paying writers are ultimately losing losing money. therefore these shows get cancelled after 1-2 seasons. when she talks about the hayday of television you were getting 2-24 episodes a season, but also there werent many shows that made it to live television in rotation for cunsumption. shows had to go through trial runs to see if theyd be sucessful. this is why shows would go 8-20+ seasons and writers were ultimately set for life. with the changes in technology and amateur writers who before couldnt get into the industry do to its unionization and having to play ball with backdoor deals and such streaming took off. especially during covid when people were forced to stay inside and stream. this means shows that were bad but watched due to lack of diversity were abandoned but better entertainment. this hit the biggest companies who had monopoly of the industry. they have been losing money for years and writers as well as actors having been literally telling the consumers to kiss their asses if they dont like the products. which means even less engagement and further loss of money. so what youre seeing is the union writers trying to keep that foot hold in an industry not based on them but the consumer. i once had a english teacher tell me that it doesnt matter that you get published. millions of people get published and youve never heard about them. its not as big of an achievement as people make it seem. meaning this woman being a writer with an idea means nothing. because shes not rare and her ideas arent unique, theres millions of her, and more everyday graduating school. so why would someone keep her employed if everything she touches loses money? its the same in every single creative industry. they are entitled not realizing they arent as important to the world as they think. when show and films stop what will happen? theatre will have a comeback with live entertainment and these people will be forgoteen.
@@vikkidonn I agree with your assessment. But I do think there is a middle ground.
You can't have a skeleton crew on a popular show. And writers should be able to get residuals if the show is making money. Creator of Squid Game? Nada.
The writers are asking for the right things in some ways, and in some ways are dreaming, and the AMPTP are being reasonable in some ways, and in some ways are being very greedy.
Then you throw in the actors.. a lot of actors do not earn enough today, but some earn way too much.
You wonder about being paid fairly, when the movies are too expensive, and half the budget goes to pay two actors, and the rest goes to visual effetcs. It's all so stupid.
@@poetfromnowhere911 but thatâs the industry and the nature of it. We donât tax self made millionaires because 90% of the businesses that year failed to make it as well. We donât take what a child has earned and give it to kids who werenât as good just for equality sake. This is the same thing. Tom Cruz has worked years and made the studios money. He is worth what he makes. Why shouldnât he make that much because Billy from Texas sucks at acting but no one ever told him? Like I said most of whatâs being asking by the writers is entirely unreasonable. Itâs based in the idea of artists being artists. Not we are employees who have a job to do and have to be successful in that job. Iâve been curious and so keeping looking at what the writers say and what the union organization itself says. These same actors and actresses lobby for the same taxes theyâre now complaining aboutâŠ. They lobby and preach to people who they should vote for and then are now mad because the people theyâve voted for have caused them to be possibly homeless in monthsâŠ.. all while they live above their means and in unneeded luxury.
Not a single thing theyâve asked for is industrially justified. Itâs all things that only make sense in a communist or socialist sort of way which is what most of them claim to be anyway. Which means they take issue with capitalism and the entire industry itself and the economy. Unless youâre against the whole damn system and want to stop all technology this is just not going to stop. And people arenât ready to admit that reality
@@vikkidonn i like what you said about being self made, and the results accrue as part of that. Makes sense. And you gotta be a business person to make sure you're covered for residuals. But, tell me this. Is the AMPTP being unreasonable not offering proper residuals for very successful shows to the writers hat do make them tons of money?
@@poetfromnowhere911 like I said thereâs the art or the craft and then the business. With the ever changes in streaming and the overall countries landscape and economy the residuals they WERE getting are very fitting. Which is part of the reason the strike didnât happen sooner. From what Iâve seen there actually were various points where they were willing to play ball but didnât want to pay them as much as they were asking for. With that it is entirely their right. And they SHOULD be getting the majority of the money. Why? They paid for it. The writers donât pay themselves and the crew and then distribution and all the rest. These arenât independent writers nor self employed individuals. When I go work for McDonalds I have a job. Iâm there everyday right? But I didnât come up with the concept, I didnât create the foods, I didnât put up the starting capital, I didnât pay for promotion, I also donât have to pay anyone when they get sued nor do I have to be the face of the business and be responsible for the maintenance. I just do my job like they ask and get paid. Itâs the same thing. A writer writes. Most people canât name the writers on their favorite shows. Credits be damned. You can easily be replaced if thereâs any issues or if you want to try to use them to prop yourself up. Which has been happening since 2016 heavily. Like I said youâve got Snow White being played by a non white actress who then went onto social media talking shit to people who grew up with the character. You even had dwarf actors be displaced who came out and were angry. Those are writers and actors who were given control by studios who squandered it and told the people that would be paying them to like it or piss off. Iâve seen interview after interview of writers say that they are striking because they feel like their individual voices as individuals arenât being heard and they canât do what they want to do. Itâs not about making great stories anymore itâs about using the platform to push very specific political agenda. See âBarbieâ for exampleâŠ..
thereâs nuances to this obviously but generally speaking none of the people are a shanda rimes. Sheâs doing very well and has a trackrecord of people actually wanting to consume the content she makes. Most writers donât. They chose a fickle industry. Not everyone is Stephan king or JK Rowling. Love or hate them they are worth the money and get big pay days when their work crossed over to film.
So the question I have generally is how reasonable is it to make someone pay you for subpar work you couldnât sell to a blind man as toilet paperâŠâŠ.. they are striking Hollywood.. the land of weirdo drug addicts, pornstars, human traffickers, rapists, and âplayground loversââŠ. Some of these writers and actors being victims and some the peratrators⊠this is in fighting to the max. Why donât they be like Angelina Jolie and make their own studio and write and direct and use their connections. They make enough money generally to not have to rely on Hollywood. In fact they generally make enough money to go to other states and create a booming film industry in local communities with local talents. People support their local artists as much as they can. So theyâd make money. Consistently. But that would be too much like right as someone who loves the art and not the money.
They go hire more writers because I tell that some of these shows have 5 five people in the room.
Glad I donât work in that industry anymore đ
I don't believe this is true. Nobody gets a job like that after only writing a few years.
Good luck anyone trying to get into these comments. It's a dumpster fire down there.
Sounds like home economics and basic budgeting skills is something most writers would benefit from. 200K one year and 38K the next, is an average of 120K, thats easy to live on.
I can see your point. However when it comes to how much money shows make, the writers could at least be making residuals on shows they helped create. No writers and thereâs a small market for silent tv shows haha
This just completely ignores the exploitation the writers are going through. Did you even listen to what she was saying?
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@@SalaryTransparentStreet that response seems insensitive, and makes the understanding demeanor in your videos seem disingenuous
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They still get paid a ton more money than most jobs. It is hard for me to be sympathetic to their strike. đđđ