Two of the Hollywood's most famous and glamorous awards are now right in the middle of the labor disputes. WGA west (Writers Guild of America) will not allow it's members to write for the Golden Globe and Academy Awards.The group's board of directors decided not to give the academy an interim agreement for writing services and some members are ready to miss the ceremony is the union asks.This decision has raised the temperature even more in the dispute between writers and studios.

Many of you are aware of the current writer's strike that has halted half of the television industry, but not many of you know why they are on strike and who is involved. The digital age has made an impact on the music, gaming, television and film industries, both positive and negative no one seems to agree on a way to sell their products. The Internet is looking to be the most likely way people will consume goods in the future and that's why things are getting so out of hand.The involved sides. The involved sides are the WGA (Writers Guild of America) and the AMPTP (Association of Motion

Ok, we're going to try this one more time. This is like the 3rd or 4th time I've tried to post this, but if nothing else, I've learned something tonight, and am now living proof that you can teach an old dog new tricks.Ok, this is my first post here and I'd like to do the whole "Hi, my name is" thing as that is usually the hardest part for me when starting out at a new site. My name is Christine R. Senter, and I am the editor/publisher of a bi-monthly newsletter for writers called The Prompt Writer Newsletter and it's corresponding website, The Prompt Writer. I offer 20 different

*** 3 ***"You mean you had never heard about media conditioning us? Its easy to explain, really. Basically the images you see in the media can be stuff that may happen in the future, but is presented in a manner so as to make the real situation less shocking." Kevin Kolms was Mary's friend and magazine editor for a very intellectual forum. She learned much about various topics of discussion."Hmm, you mean like what we see in the movies or television? So what you're saying is that we could see something on TV and then see it in real life later, and all of it is no coincidence?"

*** 2 ***"Duuude, check this out. Is this crazy or what?" exclaimed Mary, running out of the bathroom. She had been standing in front of that mirror for close to ten minutes poking at some bumps on her face. "Jake, hurry up and come look at this.""What is it? A pimple?" Jake looked hurriedly over Mary's face in one quick glance and responds "Mary there isn't anything there, what are you talking about?" Jake was the intellectual stud of Mary's fantasies. They met when she was just starting out in college, and fell instantly in love. He was a thinker, but not on the

Each day I will post a little bit of this storyI haven't decided whether it will be a book, a screenplay, or both *** Prologue ***He sat in front of the room, very straight faced and still. Every eye and ear was fixed upon him. He spoke with a quiver in his voice, but still very serious."It all happened so fast, considering how slow it all began, not to mention how much space was in between. She lived so far away from me. But yet, everything seemed to piece itself together for us so quickly. She used to tell me so much. Sometimes,