Can't drink, smoke, diddle my willy. Doesn't leave much to do other than watch you blokes stumble around playing Agatha Christie.

Spike ,'The Cautionary Tale of Numero Cinco'


The Minearverse 5: Closer to the Earth, Further from the Ax  

[NAFDA] "There will be an occasional happy, so that it might be crushed under the boot of the writer." From Zorro to Angel (including Wonderfalls, The Inside and Drive), this is where Buffistas come to anoint themselves in the bloodbath.


Burrell - Dec 17, 2007 11:05:30 am PST #9058 of 10001
Why did Darth Vader cross the road? To get to the Dark Side!

egad, why the hell can't Allyson sign it Allyson Beatrice Buffistas.org?!?! Seriously we're being way beyond pedantic to raise an issue with that. To sign her letter in that way is to identify herself with our organization, it isn't claiming to speak for us as a whole.

Sign it Allyson Beatrice, buffistas.org

Also I think the letter is good as is, my only suggestion is:

The carpenters, costumers, painters, set designers, makeup artists, et. al. are the skilled artisans who bring your words on the page to life on the screen.

I'd cut "on the page" from the sentence as it is used to better effect in the paragraph above it; cutting it here makes both sentences flow better.


Allyson - Dec 17, 2007 11:06:22 am PST #9059 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Thanks for the edits, guys! Business writing always makes me hurt.


Ginger - Dec 17, 2007 11:07:19 am PST #9060 of 10001
"It didn't taste good. It tasted soooo horrible. It tasted like....a vodka martini." - Matilda

The holiday season is going to be pretty tough for the BTL crew members who are suffering as collateral members of the strike. Both fans and writers have an opportunity to show the Below the Line crew that they are so very important to all of us; without them, all we have is words on a page.

The carpenters, costumers, painters, set designers, makeup artists, et. al. are the skilled artisans who bring your words on the page to life on the screen.

How about:

crew members who are suffering as a result of the strike

Let's give fans and writers an opportunity to show...

Also, et al doesn't have any periods, et because it's not an abbreviation and al for some more obscure reason.

I'd be happy to have it say Allyson, B.org.

Allyson, thanks so much for your work on this and so many other things.


Polter-Cow - Dec 17, 2007 11:07:34 am PST #9061 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

I'd cut "on the page" from the sentence as it is used to better effect in the paragraph above it; cutting it here makes both sentences flow better.

Good point. I like the parallelism, but the repetition of the phrase is unnecessary in such close quarters.

Also, et al doesn't have any periods, et because it's not an abbreviation and al for some more obscure reason.

Oof. Point. I lose.


Allyson - Dec 17, 2007 11:12:48 am PST #9062 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

Scripts are easy for me to mail, P-C. It'll be a one woman operation, and poster tube mailing will make me crazy-o.

I just hope that writers mail stuff to me, or e me to let me know they're coming so I can get this show on the road.

I'm playing phone tag with the Fund people so I can find a way to get a tally and let them know what's doing.


Trudy Booth - Dec 17, 2007 11:13:19 am PST #9063 of 10001
Greece's financial crisis threatens to take down all of Western civilization - a civilization they themselves founded. A rather tragic irony - which is something they also invented. - Jon Stewart

egad, why the hell can't Allyson sign it Allyson Beatrice Buffistas.org?!?! Seriously we're being way beyond pedantic to raise an issue with that. To sign her letter in that way is to identify herself with our organization, it isn't claiming to speak for us as a whole.

Well, you don't think it seems that way, but someone might reasonably think it does.

Besides, "way to pedantic" is in our mandate bewteen serial commas and olive salad.


Polter-Cow - Dec 17, 2007 11:15:57 am PST #9064 of 10001
What else besides ramen can you scoop? YOU CAN SCOOP THIS WORLD FROM DARKNESS!

Besides, "way to pedantic"

Way too pedantic.

What. It was just sitting there.


lisah - Dec 17, 2007 11:23:36 am PST #9065 of 10001
Punishingly Intricate

egad, why the hell can't Allyson sign it Allyson Beatrice Buffistas.org?!?!

to be clear, since I commented, I don't really care


Allyson - Dec 17, 2007 11:23:49 am PST #9066 of 10001
Wait, is this real-world child support, where the money goes to buy food for the kids, or MRA fantasyland child support where the women just buy Ferraris and cocaine? -Jessica

crew members who are suffering as a result of the strike

The AMPTP already adores blaming the greedy writers for kicking the blue collar workers in the nads. Changing it to the above makes it look like it's all the WGA's fault.

I just want to be careful about the wording.


Laura - Dec 17, 2007 11:29:20 am PST #9067 of 10001
Our wings are not tired.

I don't have a problem with Allyson, buffistas.org. Any member of my company signs stuff Name, company name. If they are an officer or big cheese they say Name, Big Fancy Title, Company Name. It doesn't say Allyson, Chief Stompy, buffistas.org. Without a title it implies just a lowly member to me.

Can't it say Allyson Beatrice, Fandom's Bitch, B.org?

Also, letter looks good. You do good stuff there missy.