Between a rock and a hard place

clipped from news.yahoo.com Writer-producers caught in middle of strike LOS ANGELES (Hollywood Reporter) - Perhaps no group of Hollywood professionals faces the first screenwriters' strike in almost 20 years with greater internal conflict and angst than the scribes who produce TV shows. They are trying to navigate a perilous path between allegiance to the guild that protects them and commitment to the series that they oversee and often also create. comes down to nagging questions of responsibility vs. conscience, and there appeared to be no easy answers as the Writers Guild of America began striking just after midnight on Monday following months of negotiations with the studios.