I have to second all of the writers in here: as a professional writer myself, the scenario Jacobs describes here is complete insanity. Like, the wrestlers don't even see the scripts (micromanaged to death as they are) until the afternoon before RAW? And they're expected to memorize these long, dull promos full of buzzwords and language their characters would never use AND effectively communicate the emotions the promo is meant to put across to the audience in a matter of hours?
Utterly ridiculous.
And yes, there are far, far too many writers. I'm on a team of about 20 on a project led by an efficient man manager, and during every meeting the thought "there's too many people here and too many things going on" flashes in my head no matter how well things are going. If WWE's adamant about having that many writers, then at the very least run the writing room like the old Simpsons writing rooms: general planning meetings at the beginning of a cycle, followed by breakouts where specific writers (maybe even one particular writer) would work on episodes. Every writer didn't work on everything because that's a gross misuse of labor power and a general waste of resources.
Wrestling, and entertainment in general, has gotten by with small teams of writers forever. Why are they trying to constantly reinvent the wheel to no positive effect?
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