“You’ll still be working on the screenplay, right?”

“You can take a meeting, can’t you?”

“Just a few minor changes? A quick polish? No one would know.”

We would.

We won’t weaken our own position, or let down our supporters, by doing any writing during a strike. We know that any writing, outlining, even meetings with executives could serve to prolong a strike.

So, just to be absolutely clear: we, the following screenwriters, will do no writing — until all writers get a fair and reasonable deal.

John Aboud
JJ Abrams
Milo Addica
Duane Adler
Richard Albrecht
Valerie Horwitz Alexander
Rick Alexander
Scott Alexander
Sherman Alexie
Doug Allen
Kayla Alpert
Jack Amiel
Jace Anderson
Sterling Anderson
Judd Apatow
Jeff Arch
Vicki Arkoff
Miguel Arteta
Heather E. Ash
Tom J. Astle
David Atkins
Peter Atkins
Paul Attanasio
John August
Roger R. Avary
Mark H. Baker
Mark Banker
Ron Bass
Stuart Beattie
Michael Frost Beckner
Michael Begler
Bryan Bejarano
Irving Belateche
Jeffrey Bell
Mike Bell
Robert Ben Garant
Mike Bender
Jessica Bendinger
Barbara Benedek
David Benioff
David Benullo
Leo Benvenuti
David Berenbaum
Alec Berg
Alan Berger
Jeffrey Berman
Paul Bernbaum
Eric Bernt
Thomas Bezucha
Jenny Bicks
Mike Binder
Duncan Birmingham
Bill Birch
Shem Bitterman
Shane Black
April Blair
Shane Blake
Steve Bloom
Paul Boardman
Timothy Scott Bogart
Mark Bomback
Eunetta T. Boone
Erik Bork
Kelly Bowe
Brent Boyd
Philippa Boyens
Tom Brady
John Brancato
Michael Brandt
M. C. Brennan
Mel Brooks
James L. Brooks
John Brownlow
William Broyles, Jr.
James E. Bruner
Peter Buchman
Kristen Buckley
Ron Burch
Allison Burnett
Scott Burns
Nick Bush
Jared Butler
Mike Buzzetta
Tony Caballero
Dave Callaham
Matthew Michael Carnahan
Melissa Carter
Caroline Case
Paul Castro
Jeff Cesario
Gregg Chabot
Jenny Chamberlain
Doug Chamberlin
Eric Champnella
Paul Chart
Peter Chen
Stan Chervin
Lionel Chetwynd
Pete Chiarelli
Helen Childress
Nigel Hamilton Clark
Christopher Cleveland
Randy Sue Coburn
Etan Cohen
Ethan Cohen
Joel Cohen
Larry Cohen
Lewis Colick
Dave Collard
Michael Colleary
Michael Colton
Danny Comden
Bill Condon
Chris Conroy
Ernie Contreras
Adam Cooper
Matthew Corman
Kimberly Costello
John Cox
C. Jay Cox
Peter Craig
Robert Crais
Karen Croner
Cameron Crowe
Mick Curran
John V. Curtis
Greg D'Alessandro
Steven D'Ambrose
Ken Daurio
Joel Davis
Tim Davis
Tom De Cerchio
Steven De Souza
Annie De Young
Deborah Dean Davis
Ed Decter
Ian Deitchman
Skye Dent
Greg DePaul
Bob DeRosa
Erica Diamond
Sean Dickson
David DiGilio
Leslie Dixon
Keith Domingue
Gary Dontzig
Carol Doyle
Craig Doyle
Larry Doyle
Kevin Droney
Patrick S. Duncan
Julie Durk
Douglas J. Eboch
Matt Eddy
Michael Alan Eddy
Robert Eisele
Lee Eisenberg
Philip Eisner
Harry Elfont
Robert Elisberg
Ted Elliott
Mike Ellis
Kirk Ellis
Harlan Ellison
James Ellroy
Carl Ellsworth
Matt Ember
Max Ember
Nana Efua Embil
Diane English
Max Enscoe
Jacob Estes
Mark Evanier
Bruce Evans
Pamela Falk
Stephen Falk
Barry Fanaro
Paul Feig
Bruce Feirstein
Robert Festinger
Glenn Ficarro
Nancy Fichman
Jeff Filgo
Adam Fischer
Antwone Fisher
Bobby Fisher
Jeffrey Fiskin
Jennifer Flackett
Bobby Florsheim
Naomi Foner Gyllenhaal
Katie Ford
Brent Forrester
Joseph Forte
Joe Fortunato
Dana Fox
Michael France
Scott Frank
David Frankel
Howard Franklin
David Franzoni
Josh Friedman
Mark J. Friedman
Ron J. Friedman
E. Max Frye
Katherine Fugate
John Fusco
Dan Futterman
R.P. Gaborno
Stephen Gaghan
David Drew Gallagher
Lowell Ganz
David Garber
MJ Garcia
Pierce Gardner
John Gatins
Bob Gebert
Larry Gelbart
Dean Georgaris
Glenn Gers
Sacha Gervasi
Stuart Gibbs
Juliet Aires Giglio
Keith Giglio
Raynold Gideon

Michael Gilvary
Barry Glasser
Samantha Goodman
Mitch Glazer
Will Gluck
Brent Goldberg
Evan Goldberg
Michael Goldenberg
Julian Goldberger
William Goldman
Gary Goldman
Akiva Goldsman
David Goldstein
Gregory Goodell
Cory Goodman
Michael Gordon
Robert Gordon
Kathy Gori
Carl Gottlieb
Al Gough
Howard Michael Gould
David S. Goyer
Andrew Grant
Susannah Grant
Todd Grass
Clifford J. Green
Matthew Greenberg
James Greer
Clark Gregg
Ted Griffin
Paul Guay
Eric Guggenheim
Paul Guyot
Charlie Haas
Derek Haas
Paul Haggis
Joe Halpin
Christopher Hampton
John Lee Hancock
Frank Hannah
Curtis Hanson
Gary Hardwick
Dan Harris
Joe Harris
Jeffrey Hatcher
Richard Hatem
Chris Hauty
Phil Hay
David Hayter
Robert L. Hecker
Chris Henchy
Jim Henshaw
William Blake Herron
Jim Herzfeld
Eugene Hess
David Hoag
John Hoffman
Dan Hoger
Jennifer Hoppe
Brian Horiuchi
Ed Horowitz
David Hubbard
Jon Hurwitz
Marc Hyman
Noel Hynd
Lauren Iungerich
Richard Jefferies
Eric Johnson
Matt Johnson
Mark Steven Johnson
Matt Johnson
Dwayne Johnson-Cochran
Kurt Johnstad
Arthur M. Jolly
Amy Holden Jones
Jacque Jones
Mike Jones
Charli Just
David Kajganich
Bruce Kalish
Laeta Kalogridis
Brad Kane
Anna Kang
Deborah Kaplan
Jake Kasdan
Lawrence Kasdan
Jonathan Kasdan
Mitchel Katlin
Nick Kazan
Jason Keller
Kilian Kerwin
Andrew Kevin
Callie Khouri
David Kidd
Simon Kinberg
Andrea King
John Brian King
Eilis Kirwan
Mick Kleber
Marc Klein
Steve Kloves
Eric Kmetz
Daniel Knauf
Anya Kochoff-Romano
David Koepp
Jay Kogen
Todd Komarnicki
Larysa Kondracki
Steve Koren
Scott Kosar
Iren Koster
J.A. Kouf
Wayne Kramer
Ehren Kruger
Liz Kruger
Robert Kuhn
Adam Kulakow
Roger Kumble
Alex Kurtzman
Kathlreen Laccinole
Peter Landesman
Eric Lapidus
Michael Lazarou
Peter Lefcourt
Jerry Leichtling
Steven Paul Leiva
Jonathan Lemkin
Kasi Lemmons
Gary Lennon
Tom Lennon
Jeremy Leven
Larry Levin
Mark Levin
Victor Levin
Lawrence H. Levy
Gabriel Lichstein
Claire Dee Lim
Jamie Linden
Mike Lisbe
Claudia List
John Logan
Kyle Long
Jay Longino
Lisa Loomer
Matt Lopez
Paul Lovett
Jon Lucas
Kurt Luedtke
Karen McCullah Lutz
Mariana Oliveira Campos Machado
Marty Madden
Jeff Maguire
Stephen Mahood
Carey Malloy
Babaloo Mandel
Matt Manfredi
Michael Mann
Paula Mitchell Manning
Michael Markowitz
Justin Marks
Christopher Markus
Andrew W. Marlowe
Andy Marx
David C. Matthews
Richard Maxwell
Elaine May
Dan Mazeau
Craig Mazin
Paula Mazur
Steve Mazur
Jill Mazursky
Danny McBride
Mark McCorkle
Cindy McCreery
Mike McCullers
Dan McDermott
Stephen McFeely
Jennifer McGuigan
Aline Brosh McKenna
David McKenna
Donna McNeely
Christopher McQuarrie
Drew McWeeny
Jordan Mechner
Mary Mehrmand
Aaron Mendelsohn
Keith Merryman
Patricia K. Meyer
Vanessa Middleton
Tara Miele
John Milius
Ashley Edward Miller
Miles Millar
Anna C. Miller
Christiana Miller
Mark C. Miller
Jane Milmore
Douglas Miro
David Misch
Saundra Mitchell
Doug Molitor
Christopher Monger
Scott Moore
Bobby Moresco
Chris Morgan
Sean Moriarty
Greg Mottola
Patrick Mulvihill
Kieran Mulroney
Michele Mulroney
Richard Murphy
Jeffrey Nachmanoff
Jeff Nathanson
Brian Nelson
Robert W. Nelson
Robert Nelson Jacobs
Bruce Nethercut
David A. Newman
Ken Nolan
George Nolfi
Marc Norman
Steve Oedekerk
Michele Ohayon
Dawn O'Leary

Jack Olsen
Josh Olson
Robert Orci
John Orloff
Haris Orkin
Jan Oxenberg
Ryan Paige
Carolina Paiz
Josh Pate
Cinco Paul
Don Payne
Craig Pearce
Zak Penn
David Peoples
Janet Peoples
Kevin Peterka
Charlie Peters
Dan Petrie Jr.
Pamela Pettler
Harley Peyton
Jim Piddock
Nancy M. Pimental
John G. Pogue
Gregory Poirier
Kevin Polay
Elaine Pope
Richard Potter
Donna Powers
Robert Pulcini
Neal Purvis
Daniel Pyne
Benjamin Queen
David Rabe
Ken Rance
Billy Ray
Katherine Reback
Jeffrey Reddick
Brian Regan
Al Reinert
John Requa
Rock Reuben
David Reynolds
Shonda Rhimes
Don Rhymer
Pam Ribon
Mike Rich
John C. Richards
Doug Richardson
Josh Richmond
Adam Ripp
Jose Rivera
Jordan Roberts
Kristin Robinson
Phil Alden Robinson
Todd Robinson
Elizabeth Rodgers
Howard A. Rodman
Seth Rogen
Steven Rogers
David Ronn
Don Roos
Tom Ropelewski
Ian Chase Roper
Pete Rosen
Mark Rosenthal
Eric Roth
Lynn Roth
Jeff Rothberg
Christine Roum-Tittle
Ryan Rowe
Ryan O Roy
Bruce Joel Rubin
Steven Rudnick
Ajay Sahgal
Kario Salem
Shane Salerno
Jennifer Salt
Michael Saltzman
Michele Samit
Michael Samonek
Ethan Sandler
Anna Sandor
Nick Santora
Tedi Sarafian
Alvin Sargent
Arlene Sarner
Matt Sazama
David Scarpa
Robert Schenkkan
Jay Scherick
Garrett K. Schiff
Hayden Schlossberg
Dana Schmalenberg
Robert Schooley
Micah Schraft
Tom Schulman
Roger S.H. Schulman
David Schumacher
Shoe Schuster
Steven Schwartz
Nell Scovell
Marc Seifer
Damian Shannon
Alan Shapiro
Julius Sharpe
Josh Shelov
Ron Shelton
Robin Shushan
Scott Silver
Laura Angelica Simon
Garner Simmons
Randi Mayem Singer
Joan Singleton
Jeremy Slater
Holly Goldberg Sloan
Kat Smith
Kirsten Smith
Mark Haskell Smith
Juliet Snowden
Roger Soffer
Alec Sokolow
Antonio Solis
Ed Solomon
Holly Sorensen
Dennis L Spencer
Shari Springer Berman
Melissa Stack
Rama Stagner
David H. Steinberg
Douglas Steinberg
Peter Steinfeld
J. David Stem
Dana Stevens
Elizabeth Stevens
John Stockwell
Josh Stolberg
Nick Stoller
Matthew Stone
Noreen Stone
Craig Storper
John J. Strauss
Wesley Strick
Larry Stuckey
Gene Stupnitsky
Stephen Susco
Daniel Sussman
Robin Swicord
Mark Swift
Alan Swyer
Michael Tabb
Ted Tally
Paul Tamasy
Terrel Tannen
Chap Taylor
Caroline Thompson
Rawson Marshall Thurber
Arthur Tiersky
Eric Tipton
Craig Titley
Marshall Todd
Peter Tolan
Jonathan Tolins
Michael Tolkin
Robert Towne
John Turman
Irene Turner
Sheldon Turner
Jim Uhls
Billy Van Zandt
James Vanderbilt
Nia Vardalos
Edith Ann Vare
Louis Venosta
Alexander Vesha
Fred Vicarel
Ligiah Villalobos
Jeff Vintar
Chris Viscardi
Kurt Voelker
John Vorhaus
Brooks Wachtel
Robert Wade
Charles L. Wagner
David T. Wagner
Andrew Kevin Walker
Earl Wallace
Eileen Walls
Fran Walsh
David S. Ward
Geoff Watson
Tommy Watson
Mary L. Weber
Herschel Weingrod
David N. Weiss
Dan Weiss
Paul Weitz
Audrey Wells
Gren Wells
Christina Welsh
Gina Wendkos
Adrian Wenner
Mike Werb
Riley Weston
Joss Whedon
Stiles White
Mike White
Cormac Wibberly
Marianne Wibberly
Jesse Wigutow
Kevin Williamson
George Wing
Terence Winter
Scott Wiper
Julie Sherman Wolfe
Marc Wolff
Jay Wolpert
Linda Woolverton
Rafael Yglesias
Ben Younger
Steven Zaillian
Justin Zackham
Paul Zbyszewski
Ben Zook
Jerry Zucker