Laid off just days into the writers’ strike, script coordinator Adam F. has had tremendous difficulty finding work in other industries. He said, “As a script coordinator, I can type fast, listen and I know how to cheat page margins in two script writing programs so the script appears to be shorter than it actually is. I’m terrible on the phone, and I'm just not doing errands for other people. So yeah, I’m fucked.”
Adam has maintained a strict exercise regimen during the strike so that when the time comes to get back to work, he’ll be at the top of his game. “I wake up early and do lots of listening and typing sprints. It's a training mentality,” he said. “I’ve got this new drill where I pretend it’s moments before the writers start, and I have to pick a funny, yet timely image to use as the desktop background that’ll show up on the monitors. It’s a great real-time, real-world exercise, and it totally gets my heart pumping."
