Profit Beyond Hollywood: Where Fiction Writers Can Find New Paths to Profit During the Writers Guild of America Strike

Joylynn M. Ross
7 min readJun 14, 2023

Now into its sixth week, the Writers Guild of America strike is sparking an essential dialogue about the value fiction writers bring to the economic table and the fair compensation for that value. At the heart of the strike is an effort to remind Hollywood that their profits are dependent upon the fiction writers whose creative talents provide the foundation for the movies, TV shows, streams, and podcasts that earn Hollywood its money.

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Joylynn M. Ross

I write under E. N. Joy. I'm a literary consultant, self-publishing companion & course instructor for Path To Publishing: www.pathtopublishing.com