Running Hollywood's Writers’ Strike with the showRUNNERS

How can one Hollywood writer running between the picket lines in Los Angeles help the Writers Guild of America achieve fair pay for their members? Community.

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I’ve previously mentioned my love of TV and film (I’ve challenged myself to watch an average of one movie a day in 2023, for instance), so when the members of the Writers Guild of America (WGA) and its 11,500 members went on strike on May 2nd after talks with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers (AMPTP) broke down completely, it was concerning.

Last time there was a writers’ strike, in 2007, the 100-day strike meant that shows that were doing well lost their momentum and many others lost episodes, some films barely made sense, and we were inundated by even more reality television than normal.

It’s concerning! But how am I going to tenuously link another one of my other passions to running, though?

On Saturday, I was forwarded a tweet from television writer, Chad Gervich, who was tweeting at the unions and strike captains to let them…