>In the recently aired Jeremiah episode "Tripwire", I noticed that there were
>two writing credits (please forgive me if they aren't exact; I'm posting
>from memory) :
>
>Excerpts by J. Michael Straczynski
>Written by J. Michael Straczynski
>
>I suspect that the "excepts" credit was for the flashbacks from earlier
>episodes, but I'm a bit confused as to why they're credited separately,
>since they were all written by you.

It's apparently a rule under the Writers Guild of Canada, where we shoot the
series, to ensure that all prior work is properly credited, whoever the author
might or might not be.


jms

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