I’m an experienced screenwriter - and I’m also on welfare. My story highlights the importance of the writers’ strike (www.fastcompany.com)

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This is a devastating account of what it's really like to be a Hollywood screenwriter. You can be a Cambridge graduate, an award winner, and the creator of a TV series on Hulu - and still work as a caterer and depend on welfare to make ends meet.

This situation is not unique to Hollywood. Here's another expose about how the writer of the Broadway musical Head Over Heels was similarly taken advantage of: https://www.gtmusical.com/

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