With
everyone on strike in the UK, I was wondering about what would happen if we
writers went on strike. The Society of Authors is a trades union after all,
maybe they could wrench us from our word processors and have us join our fellow
strikers on the streets?
I was
particularly wondering, given the pithy placards adorned with catchy slogans
used by the various protesting groups what slogans we writers could use. I’ve
thought of a few suggestions but would love to hear any of yours.
Ratchet up Royalties!
New deal for novelists!
Right rights for writers!
Pounds not pennies for penning plays!
Fair pay for a screenplay!
More owed to poets!
Don’t scrimp on scripts!
Put penny-pinching publishers under
pressure!
Adult pay for Children’s writers!
The pen is mightier than the sword
but only if you can afford ink.
There you go
my creative comrades… see you on the picket lines!
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