Voices from the picket lines: Three writers on why they’re striking

Should a picture be worth a thousand times more than the words? We interviewed three striking Hollywood writers – a newcomer, a mid-career writer, and a veteran – about their tribulations and triumphs.

Across Hollywood, the picket line for writers looks quite similar. Wearing blue Writers Guild of America T-shirts and carrying signs affixed to stakes, the strikers walk a circuit past the gates of each studio. Then they loop back in the opposite direction. At Fox Studios, one writer carries a sign that says, “I’m getting my 10,000 steps...