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Screenwriting, as soon as a solidly middle-class vocation in Hollywood, has turn into akin to a type of gig work. Up to now ten years, structural modifications within the movie and tv industries have essentially altered the way in which that writers in Hollywood earn their livelihood. The rise of streaming has modified how TV seasons are aired, how residuals are paid, and the sorts of dangers that networks are prepared to tackle new concepts. Reveals rent fewer employees writers, and make use of them for much less time and fewer cash. The arrival of A.I. has made this tenuous scenario much more precarious. Michael Schulman spoke to numerous writers earlier than they went on strike, and joins Tyler Foggatt to debate the situations that gave rise to this main labor motion—and the spirit of the picket line slightly greater than per week in.