Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
(4of4) ...knowable number, the faster the strike ends. The more likely EVERY union gets what they need. The quicker we go back to trying to entertain, educate and move audiences.

Shut it down to bring it back. Shut it down now.
03:21 PM - May 13, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
(3of4) ...while this #WGAStrong strike is about existential shit on our side (will writing be a sustainable career in 5 years?!?) for the AMTPT its just a number; a knowable number at which the shut down is MORE expensive than a fair deal.

And the faster we hit that...
03:21 PM - May 13, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
(2of4) ...meetings. "Should we try to go tomorrow? Can we move somewhere else? Can we even get the @!#@# trucks to show up?"

Meetings mean emails. Emails means annoyance. And all of this is centered on negative numbers in some spreadsheet somewhere.

This is important, 'cause...
03:20 PM - May 13, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Alicia McClendon.
Nah. Doesn't work like that. Someone still needs to produce scripts. That said, the fastest way through this is to shut down as much production as possible. The faster we all get back to the table, the better for all involved.
08:56 PM - May 11, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
…(2of2) if labor remains united, we will all get back to the bargaining table to make a fair deal that will keep the industry functional and profitable. #UnionStrong
12:03 PM - May 10, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
…(2of2) before the producing part of their salary kicked in. Suddenly the entire staff is working for industry minimum with the threat of unemployment even if (especially if) they do their job perfectly. “Green lights” should profit everyone who made it possible. It’s only fair.
01:06 PM - May 09, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
(2of2) possible to make a decent living while I learned how to write and produce.

That same outcome is currently out of reach for a writer starting today.

This strike is completely about paying forward what was won for me in generations past.
03:27 PM - May 05, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
...(2of2) health insurance and pensions and overtime and work safety conditions and all the other stuff that makes an industry...an industry (and not a gig economy).

None of it was given without work action. None of it.
We are now, as we've always been, in this together.
08:43 PM - May 04, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Danielle Solzman.
My pleasure. Really.
10:29 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
Every single thing that makes writing possible for an economic standpoint was one through labor action. Health insurance. Pension. Our control over credits. Nothing was given. This is just another round of that.
10:16 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Susan Brown.
The app will come. Tell him to get in on the ground floor.
10:12 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Seantelle White.
All good. I promise. I just always want to be clear. And your question was a good one. Keep firing.
09:41 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
...their voices quickly and know how to use them. My trick is to go back through the script and black out the names and make sure I can still identify who is talking. If I come on a section that feels generic...I rewrite.
09:26 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Fritha Malcouronne.
Next week. I promise.
05:53 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Pedro Costa.
Anybody. More the merrier. We’re starting a thing!
05:53 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Carla Vivarttas.
Seems like a possible multi-task sitcho, but I respect whatever choice you make.
03:35 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Justin Minich.
Yes. I'll put up a post and people can respond. Same as used to happen on Twitter.
03:34 PM - May 01, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
(3of3) ...I guess I'm just suggesting this moment -- unnerving as it feels -- is more part of the natural order of things than it's being portrayed.
10:46 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
(2of3) ...and sometimes its fraught and sometimes it takes a strike. But this moment isn't, like, out of time. Enter contests. Submit to festivals. Live your life and then if someone who is a signatory to the WGA takes interest -- GREAT -- you can chat with them when we all go back to work...
10:45 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Rick Ellis.
I keep trying to pitch "let's do the room from the shower" but privacy issues and a water shortage makes it an uphill battle.
05:28 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Susan Sampson.
Always a good choice.
02:13 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Susan Sampson.
I made an amazing easy dumpling soup for lunch yesterday, if that inspires. Which side of Knicks/Heat you on?
12:44 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Marc Price.
That sounds fun.
12:43 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Lisa Garvey.
That’s the toughest. Especially because I’m constantly falling in love. My only advice is to have lots of irons in the fire. A movie, a pilot, a series of athletic haiku. When you’re focused on only one thing that thing has a weight that often can’t hold. Just create a lot.
12:43 PM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Katie E.
Navage to the rescue.
11:49 AM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Terry Calvert.
What’s the flora of choice?
11:48 AM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Ordinarily Me.
Who’s your team?
11:48 AM - Apr 30, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Timara (she/her).
I've tried to figure out a way to WRITE in the shower, but that's proved tricky.
04:59 PM - Apr 28, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
...an offer that pays forward what we were given.

No one wants a strike. No one. What we want is a sustainable, aspirational, viable profession...

...which is not that much to ask.

PS: My water bill is going to be ugly.
04:55 PM - Apr 28, 2023
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Jeffrey Lieber
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In response to Jeffrey Lieber.
...and yet, if we can't get a fair contract, one that does for the next generation what was done for us...who the hell are we...other than ungrateful and unaware.

I, for one, really hope to be working on Tuesday, but if I'm not, it will only be because we haven't gotten...
04:55 PM - Apr 28, 2023
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