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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Grog" data-source="post: 3877077" data-attributes="member: 6183">None of the strikers are providing the studios with scripts. That would defeat the whole purpose of the strike. As for writing, writers can write stuff at home and just not give it to the network. A strike is a great opportunity for a TV writer to work on a pilot or a novel, which he or she might not otherwise have the time to finish.But as for scripts for shows currently in production, none are being worked on right now, and work won't begin again until the strike is over.Crossing the picket line would do tremendous damage to a writer's (prospective) career in Hollywood. A writer gets hired by the showrunner, and 99% of the time, that's another writer. I'm sure you can see the problem there.Writers not currently working in America aren't members of the WGA, so they aren't striking. However, I know that the Writers Guild of Canada has told its members not to sell any scripts to American studios until the WGA strike ends, so there may be repercussions even in other countries.</blockquote>