Re: Official WGA Writers Strike thread.
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If you can get a job on a tv show your probably a good writer and better than a large majority of America.
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A friend of mine from college wrote for the Reba show, Til Death, some other stuff. I could be wrong, but I kind of got the impression that to be a writer on a show it helps if your sense of humor is inline with your general fan base. As I would say hers was for the most part with Reba fans. Otherwise you're just writing cynical and it shows.
IE - try to plug in the head-writer for Family Guy or The Office into According to Jim - and it would be a disaster. And I mean even before that person became a big shot at those other shows.
Do you know what I'm trying to say, and does it make sense? I'm sure my friend is a good writer, and has a good sense of humor. But to some extent I think another important qualification to writing for a show, is that you're kind of at the level of that show. Or maybe that's just a qualification for not hating your job.
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