Writers: The Unappreciated

Do you remember the mass hysteria over the Writer's Guild of America strike that halted production on many popular TV series? Television viewers treated the whole ordeal as if they would have spontaneously combusted if their favorite television shows never showed up again. People began to realize just how important writers really were.

As a writer, I understood what the strike meant. Writers refused to be taken advantage of by big production companies who sought to profit from their hard work without equally compensating the writers themselves. New digital media outlets provided a market that was previously unforeseen and unaddressed by the writers' original contracts.

Was it an issue of greed? Yes. The production companies looked to cut the writers out while the writers were only fighting for their fair share of the pie.

So what is the average person's view of the issue now that it has been resolved? Sadly enough, I believe it may just be like this lady, who writes, "...the writers and producers of television have stolen something from us, the viewers, that is worth more than money." How sad indeed.