With the advent of the Networked World in the past 10 or 15 years, the business of writing, like most businesses, has changed dramatically. The Writers Guild of America (WGA) has dallied along in some respects, and today finds itself in a pickle of a strike, a rundown between second and third base, with Technology coming at it from one direction and Big Media from the other. Right now home plate — and the New Media Pie — ain’t nothing but a theory. The WGA has to figure out a way to get to third base, or even safely back to second, before too many of its members get tagged out, shipped to Pawtucket, or run out of the game entirely.

Here’s why the game they’re currently playing has the Writers in a pickle. (more…)