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Im looking for diverse voices.
Were looking for upper-level women.
Were looking for queer voices whove lived in Chicago.
Were looking for people with experience with cars.
If it sounds a little DIY, thats because it is.
Negotiations between the WGA and ATA are expected todrag out for several months.
But, she makes clear, I dont think its a forever fix.
As writers, the members are invited to upload a cover letter and up to two sample scripts.
People will get staffed on there, the 20-something guild member explains.
She feels the sheer volume of submissions will ultimately render the jobs board ineffectual.
I dont believe that it is going to work, she says.
They dont even want to read the scripts when its put on their desk by an agent.
I agree with the WGA in the sense that we have a systemic problem.
The way the system works is hurting people, she adds.
I needed my agents to get a job!
A lot of my friends who are minorities need their agents.
That can be mimicked by the staffing site.
Moreover, Ryan believes the board could open things up and make staffing a more equitable process.
The system disadvantaged young writers and specifically diverse writers.
Let me read that script.
I dont know if this was a former CAA client or from a lesser regarded agency.
It really starts from the top down.
If the showrunners not committed to this then its not going to work.
But I think theyll hire.
Hey TV writers, Ill be running a new show with a room starting in late May.
Experience in Chinese mythology and animation helpful but not necessary.
Comedy and serialized storytelling chops also a plus.
Its a serialized spy thriller with a morally complex female lead.
I want to read your samples.
She ultimately received 68 submissions from potential writers, and hired two of them.
She has continued to promote promising candidates she did not hire via the #WGAStaffingBoost hashtag.
Many were suggested to me via Twitter.
My staffing needs were VERY specific and my budget was VERY small.
These are a few of the people I wish I could have hired.#WGAStaffingBoost.
It also made me realize the power of crowdsourcing the staffing process.
We’ll be scouring WGA Staffing site as well as finding writers via#WGAStaffingBoost.
Self advocate at that hashtag and we may ask for your material.
But my instructions to my development team has been to go through the hashtag.
I ask people to self-advocate.
What do you bring to the staff?
What kind of writer are you?
There are a few different shows and projects that were working now.
I have a lot of friends who are showrunners who have shows.
Some [writers] may not be right for us.
But maybe theyre right for Glen Mazzaras adaptation of Stephen KingsThe Dark Towerthat hes working on right now.
#WGAMIX
Connections have been sparked offline, too.
Every job I ever got was thanks to networking, Zucker wrote on the originalsocial media invitation.
Now its up to us to meet & help our new friends.
Thats why Im starting #WGAMIX … Come out, web link then host your own.
The few people who are nervous about it havent been rightfully informed, Agustin says.
Whether the mixers are going to work, I just dont know, the writer says.
It was mostly staff writers.
I saw maybe four showrunners.
So that was worrisome to me.
I talked to one showrunner but it didnt feel like networking.
More like, Lets talk about everything thats going on.
Lets follow each other on Twitter.
Thats a connection, so thats good.
But the feedback some of us could give to the WGA is, Lets make it more specific.
Maybe stop calling them mixers and lets make them all about staffing, where we talk about work.
