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Spec the One You’re With PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ariel   

I know I have been MIA once again. So much has happened – finished my pilot, got notes from people, reoutlined it, now rewriting it… But you want to hear about writers’ assistant life, right? So here goes…

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The Post-Arclight World PDF Print E-mail
Written by Veronica   

“Is it playing at the Arclight?”  He asks.

ImageI quickly log on to the Arclight Cinemas website and click the selection for films “On Sale Now.”  My eyes frantically search the listings for the movie in question, but I come up empty.  It’s not there.

“No.”  I type back to him, confident that my single word response will convey the severity of my disappointment.

“Oh.”  He writes back, confident that his single word response will do the same.

A second later, he asks, “What do we do?” 


“I guess we could… go to another theatre?”  I suggest after a few minutes of deep contemplation.

“I guess.”  He says.

 

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What is a CV? PDF Print E-mail
Written by Karen Woodward   

What is a CV? As in “Resume/CV”?  Do you know what the acronym stands for?

J.M.A

Curriculum Vitae.  It’s douchebag for "resume."  Often used in the UK or the world of academia. Don't worry about it, just submit your resume.

Karen

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The Revolution Will Not Be Negotiated PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mali Perl   

ImageWilliam Morris Endeavor, the new powerhouse agency, announced to its assistants that their pay will be reduced to between $10 to $14 hours.  Being an assistant at an agency is a training program that can best be described as a mix of boot camp, Abu Ghraib and the worst fraternity on campus.  For these Ivy league overachievers, the immediate goal is usually to get on a "good desk," become a junior agent and then wake up 10 years later as Ari Gold, the fictional counterpart to Ari Emmanuel, hopefully without remembering everything you did to get there.  This isn't for wimps or crybabies yet I imagine that being reduced to dogwalker wages (babysitters get paid more) would unleash (so to speak) a rebellion.  Is it possible that the coming weeks will bring guerilla warfare to WME?  What if…
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How to Get Read PDF Print E-mail
Written by Ariel   

Hi, readers. Sorry I went on a bit of a hiatus there, but between working 70-80 hours a week at my writers’ assistant job by day (and a lot of night), trying to finish my latest spec during free moments in-between, and apartment-hunting in the very few spare seconds remaining, I have been more than a little crunched for time.

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