I am increasingly astounded at the many ways that the PROCESSES of Hollywood have become tangled and completely disengaged from the OUTPUT. No other business can function that way. And I think COVID/streaming created a disruption that shined a great big bright light. There are all sorts of reasons that “creativity” is not like engineering. But a business that depends on creativity still has to figure out how to be a business AND welcome/support their creative inputs. If they don’t there’s nothing’ - at least nothin’ for anyone over 8!
Listening to this earlier, I feel like the 'drafting' process that writers are doing for free for months and years is analogous to an R&D department at a tech company. Like, Agile sprints, but over a longer time period. Now that I think about it from that perspective, it's crazy crazy pants that they aren't getting paid for that process, even if their final product is not the one that is selected.
I am increasingly astounded at the many ways that the PROCESSES of Hollywood have become tangled and completely disengaged from the OUTPUT. No other business can function that way. And I think COVID/streaming created a disruption that shined a great big bright light. There are all sorts of reasons that “creativity” is not like engineering. But a business that depends on creativity still has to figure out how to be a business AND welcome/support their creative inputs. If they don’t there’s nothing’ - at least nothin’ for anyone over 8!
Listening to this earlier, I feel like the 'drafting' process that writers are doing for free for months and years is analogous to an R&D department at a tech company. Like, Agile sprints, but over a longer time period. Now that I think about it from that perspective, it's crazy crazy pants that they aren't getting paid for that process, even if their final product is not the one that is selected.
Hey kids, it's not just the writers. Show me Honest Work.
Support the writers & other creatives!