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WGA Negotiations 101

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February 21, 2017 Scriptnotes

Craig and John take a deep dive looking at how the Writers Guild attempts to make a deal with the studios on behalf of film and TV writers.

Then we answer listener questions about writing for producers versus writing for the audience, and last steps when finishing up a script.

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UPDATE 3-03-17: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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