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๐ŸŽง A Heartwarming Tax ID Number

Rob Long on how TV writers find companionship in money

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Writing is a tough, lonely profession. One of its worse qualities: the payment structure, broken up into a zillion little pieces, withheld in full until the bitter end and altogether utterly unpredictable. The whole charade can make someone like Rob Long, understandably, crazy. Thatโ€™s why, when a production company asks for a tax ID number, or a residual check comes in at $12, not $11, itโ€™s hard not to get a little emotional.

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