Top Tweets for #FreeIsNotAnOption
@MJowen174 Please tell them that your landlord hasn't allowed you an unpaid rent trial. You're a professional and you'd hoped they were too. You can also steer them to a document on @TheWritersGuild website, Free Is Not An Option. #FreeIsNotAnOption
Do the same people expect a plumber to plumb for free? "Just fix this overflow as a sample of your work." #writers #freeisnotanoption
Today's Inbox: 2 requests to work for free (8 days' work, unpaid, plus cost of flights to US). Declined. A student asking me to write their dissertation. Declined. A request to "just look over" a manuscript (5 days' unpaid work). Er, no. "Free time" isn't free. #ThisWritingLife
Is everyone else working for free at Tate & Lyle then? #FreeIsNotAnOption
Bullying is all too common in workplaces and some homes. Freelancers are particularly vulnerable to bullying because they are dependent on managers and producers for work. That's why they need to join a trade union like @TheWritersGuild! #FreeIsNotAnOption @STUC @EISUnion
This week is #AntiBullyingWeek + we know the #creative industries can be hotspots of bullying.
Which is why WGGB is a partner in @BFI's Set of Principles to tackle + prevent bullying, harassment + racism in the screen industries.
You can read them here: https://t.co/VjeT83dIRH
#wggbagm @WGGBLesley says convos ongoing with broadcasters re holding prod cos to account for this. @WorksWithWords reminds us of #FreeIsNotAnOption guidelines (available on website); maybe worth a refresh...
#wggbagm Member raises question re free work being demanded, in breach of Guild agreements & guidelines. Long-standing issue! Can this be tackled via umbrella orgs? Often not feasible; needs to be taken up w/ individual prod cos, but sometimes difficult w/out identifying writer.
Why Writers Need Unions: @WorksWithWords - without WGGB it would be so easy for writers to get bullied + bulldozed + exploited. Our #FreeisNOTanOption campaign is just one small example
What they said. @TheWritersGuild has its #FreeIsNotAnOption guidelines. If you don't value your own work, no one else will either.
SCREENWRITERS: I cannot stress this enough — never work for free. And if you want to spec something, do it for your own idea. Never ever ever write a spec based on something you don’t control. Working for free for anyone but yourself is a surefire way to have a short career.
If you're not teaching your students that creatives are paid for their work at all stages of their careers, then you're not helping them. #FreeIsNotAnOption @TheWritersGuild
@laughingmonsta @EquityUK @TheWritersGuild We do pay performance royalties and creatives. However, through the directors' festival our students are encouraged to work with new writers rather than established scripts. This is an opportunity to create new work for the stage.
@StageDirectors @laughingmonsta @MountviewLDN @EquityUK Indeed. Expecting writers (however early in their careers) to work for free sets a poor example and undervalues their work, time and ability. That is why WGGB always argues that #FreeIsNotAnOption
Representing @TheWritersGuild at the RTS Careers Fair will be our very own @MartinSketchley. Say hi, and he can tell you all about the Guild, membership, and current campaigns #FreeIsNotAnOption and #EqualityWrites. Book your ticket now!
Have you got bargain early bird tickets yet for our fantastic Careers Fair at Edgbaston Stadium on October 7? If not, book here https://t.co/izOrdxT8fc. This is all the telly fun and info you'll be missing out on.
@DebbieBMoon @ThisisBlyth Same question I have to ask. Are you paying? @TheWritersGuild has a #FreeIsNotAnOption policy. We all have to eat.
Outgoing #EdComms Chair @piersb reports on varied work on comms strategy, incl charts to support #FreeIsNotAnOption campaign (when should you work for £0? Mostly never; but we have charts to navigate sample circumstances & support your response!). #wggbagm
Well said, Alice! Why should the writer take all of the risk but reap none of the rewards? If you want a writer, pay them properly! #FreeIsNotAnOption @TheWritersGuild
Isn’t it about time that production companies stopped putting notices out on the web wires for feature film #scriptwriting with no pay but a hint of back end, a DVD and an IMDb listing? What r writers supposed to live on while they write? Thin air? @TheWritersGuild
@toksvig @EquityUK @emmalmanton @TheWritersGuild @emmajanereeves @LenaLongstream 👍 and also of the guidelines: #WorkingWithTVWriters: https://t.co/UX5XVvEq62, #FreeIsNotAnOption https://t.co/JSGkNOr4jJ, #WritingFilm https://t.co/zdGc4fPUtA & many others: https://t.co/9sgxFE3hfC #writing
I'll applaud them as well. A one page pitch isn't out of the question -- but any more must be paid for. Writers, agents + programme makers please read the @TheWritersGuild #FreeIsNotAnOption Guidelines:
https://t.co/LIavkdY4vs
Well said. Why should the writer reap all the risk and little or nothing of the reward? What other business plan is based on the free labour of others? #FreeIsNotAnOption @TheWritersGuild
@Minghowriter @MJowen174 If I want to work for free then I develop my own work and own the format and IP. Why should others make money off our writing if we're not? @TheWritersGuild #FreeIsNotAnOption
@Minghowriter @MJowen174 @TheWritersGuild is in the process of producing a colourful flow chart showing at what point writers should say no. My plumber loves plumbing but he doesn't do it for free. #FreeIsNotAnOption
At the same time let's remember how much money Netflix and all the other broadcasters and platforms make off writers. If others make money from our work, so should we. Join @TheWritersGuild and let's all get our fair share. #writing #FreeIsNotAnOption
Writing at risk of becoming an 'elitist' profession, report warns https://t.co/uvUSGA4ZmO
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