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The ‘Adopt A Writer’ Project

January 28, 2008 by  

ADOPT A WRITER

GiveMeMyRemote.com is proud to be participating in the Adopt A Writer project – organized by entertainment bloggers in support of the WGA, in association with United Fandom and United Hollywood. Several independent TV blogs have signed on to participate and each will interview a TV writer about their life as a writer—and as a striking writer—with the goal of putting a fresh face on the WGA for our readers and showing the public that the average writer is much more like the average viewer than the AMPTP wants us to believe.

We are currently working with a number of different organizations on pairing bloggers with writers, so I’m not sure with whom I’ll be speaking, but no matter who it is I’m really interested in speaking to someone personally affected by the WGA strike.

In addition to the interviews being posted on each the participating blogs, a separate website has been set up to help support our efforts. So please take the time to visit Adopt A Writer and check back soon for more one-on-ones with striking writers.

Adopted Writers…

Jasmine Love
Interview by Spadada from Ramblings of a TV Whore
Jasmine Love has been in the Writers’ Guild for ten years. You don’t know her name or her face and she isn’t the money hungry already rich writer that the AMPTP wants to blame for this strike, but she is one of many people affected by it. (continue reading: Adopt a Writer – Jasmine Love)

Kate Purdy
Interview by Hilary from Pass the Remote
Kate Purdy didn’t always want to be a writer. “In elementary school I wanted to be a teacher. In junior high I wanted to be an astronaut. In high school I wanted to be [the] first lady president. It wasn’t until college that I realized I wanted to tell stories,” she explains. And telling stories is what she was doing for CBS’s top-20 hit Cold Case. That is, until this past November…. (continue reading: Adopt a Writer – Kate Purdy)

Participating Blogs:
BuzzSugar | The CineManiac | Daemon’s TV | Ducky Does TV | Give Me My Remote | Glowy Box | I am a TV Junkie | The Media Pundit | Pass the Remote | Ramblings of a TV Whore | Tapeworthy | Televisionary | TiFaux | Tube Talk | The TV Addict | TV Series Finale |

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3 Responses to “The ‘Adopt A Writer’ Project”

  1. The ‘Adopt A Writer’ Project — All This Nonsense on January 28th, 2008 12:58 pm

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  2. Emily on January 28th, 2008 2:32 pm

    Wow, this sounds great. I can’t wait!

  3. lemoñadé on January 28th, 2008 6:21 pm

    I can’t wait to hear from other writers.

    On another note: Can I adopt Mindy Kaling? She and I can be bffs and go shopping and I promise to be nice to her. If not her then maybe I can adopt Mike Schur and he can name my first born.