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Word! Fans Cozy Up to Writers on Picket Line

But plot suggestions could pose legal pitfall for scribes

By Caroline Zimmerman,  Newser User

Posted Dec 7, 2007 5:03 AM CST

(Newser) – Picket lines are offering a rare opportunity for fans to get in touch with their favorite striking screenwriters. In LA, "Heroes" buffs and aspiring filmmakers are trekking alongside some of the 12,000 members of the Writers Guild of America to lend their support, network—or just get an insider's peek at the industry. Some fans have even started solidarity websites. But it's not all fun and games.

Getting into discussions about future episodes with fans is risky business: if fans' ideas pop up on TV, writers could face legal troubles, the Wall Street Journal reports. Still, most fans are just eager to make some contact. One site even offers suggestions on fan-writer etiquette. "We don't want to turn this into a convention," said one on blogger.

Don Mancini, holding a Chuckie doll, has written for all the series of Chuckie horror films, joins several horror writers performing an exorcism, saying the AMPTP, while not evil, has been invaded by evil spirits whose devilish agenda is the destruction of our Guild, according to a statement by the...
Don Mancini, holding a "Chuckie" doll, has written for all the series of "Chuckie" horror films, joins several horror writers performing an exorcism, saying the AMPTP, while not evil, has "been invaded...   (Associated Press)
Scott Kosar, right, and Jace Anderson, left, and several other writers of horror films and television shows perform a mock exorcism, saying the AMPTP, while not evil, has been invaded by evil spirits whose devilish agenda is the destruction of our Guild, said Kosar, before they and other striking Writers...
Scott Kosar, right, and Jace Anderson, left, and several other writers of horror films and television shows perform a mock exorcism, saying the AMPTP, while not evil, has "been invaded by evil spirits...   (Associated Press)
A placard showing Dorothy from the film Wizard of Oz  is seen as thousands of Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers along with actors, musicians, politicians and members from other unions march down Hollywood Boulevard Tuesday, Nov. 20, 2007, in Los Angeles on the 16th day of the WGA strike...
A placard showing Dorothy from the film "Wizard of Oz" is seen as thousands of Writers Guild of America (WGA) writers along with actors, musicians, politicians and members from other unions march down...   (Associated Press)
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