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  1. Gail Renard has written a report for the Writers Guild of Great Britain about the conference: http://bit.ly/4285M6
  2. A rainy day in Athens as the conference finishes up. Last night lightning flashed around the Acropolis: a farewell to our gathering. #wcos
  3. The second document from the World Conference of Screenwriters: the FSE and IAWG Joint Activity Programme: http://wp.me/pCjKt-Cr
  4. The first of two documents from the World Conference of Screenwriters: World Screenwriters Declaration: http://wp.me/pCjKt-Cy
  5. Second document is a joint course of proposed action of 10 items agreed to by the IAWG and the FSE. #wcos
  6. Two documents approved by the IAWG and the FSE are being announced. First: a declaration. #wcos
  7. "Take it easy, but take it." Pierson. #wcos
  8. Frank Pierson, American screenwriter, sends us a message "What we've got here is a failure to communicate." #wcos
  9. Lovely message from Italian screenwriter Suso Cecchi d’Amico wishing the conference the best. #wcos
  10. Final session!
  11. We're now an hour behind schedule, because what we're discussing is vital and engaging. A quick coffee break, and then to wrap up. #wcos
  12. How do we translate all this good will and conversation into action? Next session, it seems. #wcos
  13. "I think the only thing I enjoy more than writing and directing is fighting for our rights." #wcos
  14. Need to demand what is deserved. There is nothing to be polite about when it comes to fair treatment. #wcos
  15. Just because it is free for the user doesn't mean it's free for the writer. #wcos
  16. no money, no work. #wcos
  17. If broadcasters, distributors and producers adapt and change then unions must do so too, because no other group will protect writers. #wcos
  18. It's interesting to speculate about the future but a trade union must react to what is happening now. #wcos
  19. Writers must mobilise and organise against companies that want to remove writers' rights. #wcos
  20. In Australia the joke is that the collective noun for a group of writers is a whinge. #wcos