{"id":43,"date":"2007-03-31T12:00:14","date_gmt":"2007-03-31T00:00:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/2007\/03\/31\/pro-bono-or-bust\/"},"modified":"2012-07-27T16:15:19","modified_gmt":"2012-07-27T04:15:19","slug":"pro-bono-or-bust","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dfmamea.com\/blog\/pro-bono-or-bust\/","title":{"rendered":"Pro Bono or Bust"},"content":{"rendered":"

A while back, Danny Stack<\/a> posted about working pro bono<\/a>. It was, of course, an excellent piece – a case for being careful, weighing up the risk, and going in with your eyes open.<\/p>\n

I’m with the New Zealand Writers Guild<\/a> – “no writer should work for nothing”, particularly if you’re already a professional writer.<\/p>\n

The following came to mind when I read Mr Stack’s post: casting director Di Rowan<\/a> – who introduced the world to Anna Paquin<\/a> and Keisha Castle-Hughes<\/a> – said in an interview<\/a> with Onfilm<\/a>:<\/p>\n

“[People] say to me, “Could you just cast this one part? And you’re not going to charge me, are you?” That puts me in a terrible position. I feel like saying, “Hang on a minute, I’ve got a builder here at the moment, I’ll just ask him if he’ll do this day for free and if he says yes, I’ll do your day for free as well.”<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

Hell, yeah.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A while back, Danny Stack posted about working pro bono. It was, of course, an excellent piece – a case for being careful, weighing up the risk, and going in with your eyes open. I’m with the New Zealand Writers Guild – “no writer should work for nothing”, particularly if you’re already a professional writer. … <\/p>\n

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