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Earlier this week, an enterprising creator on TikTok named @garrettlee39 posted an earnest rendition of himself dancing to the 2014 single “Need 2” by indie band Pinegrove. A palpably moody cut from their album Everything So Far, the song, and dance, have spread across TikTok like wildfire. Garrett Lee’s original video has already racked up more than 5 million views, and there have been thousands of new videos replicating his dance posted to the site since. There are re-edits of a Soulja Boy music video set to the song, as well as clips of DJ Khaled dancing.

This is the first entry in a series featuring frank accounts of the strike from Hollywood writers at different levels in their careers. The diarists have been granted anonymity to encourage candor.

Monday night, May 1, I attended a party with my colleagues, awaiting the news of the strike. Everyone mixed and drank and wondered. When the news broke, something interesting happened. The Old Money and the No Money — two factions who definitely sat at different tables during the dinner portion of the night, were suddenly bonded by their mutual disappointment. They hoped “it wouldn’t go on too long,” which makes sense. The NMs need to keep working, need that money coming in. And the OMs have deals that need to close and productions they are in charge of: “Can we give notes?” “Can we meet and just ‘talk’ but not ‘write’?” An over-served staff writer went up to our boss,...

John Freeman, most recently the Executive Editor of Lit Hub and the former editor of Granta, has joined Knopf as an Executive Editor, effective March 15.

“I’ve long admired John’s achievements as an editor and writer, and I can’t wait for him to bring his excellent, adventurous, wide-ranging taste to our list, where he’ll be acquiring fiction, nonfiction, and poetry,” said Reagan Arthur, EVP and Publisher, Knopf/Pantheon/Schocken. Freeman will report directly to Arthur.

In addition to Lit Hub and Granta, Freeman is the founder of Freeman’s, a literary annual published in several countries around the world. Writers he has worked with include Valeria Luiselli, Sayaka Murata, Mohsin Hamid, Barry Lopez, Marlon James, Lydia Davis, Aminatta Forna, Richard Russo, Rebecca Solnit, Mo Yan, Kamila Shamsie, Anthony Shadid, Julie Otsuka, Natalie Diaz, Tracy K. Smith, Aleksandar Hemon, and Julia Alvarez.

Between 2014 and 2020, Freeman edited a series of anthologies about inequality,...

Literally everyone on “Supernatural” – Honestly, there are way too many to go over here. Mainly Sam and Dean. But, yeah, moving on.

Dan Conner, “Roseanne” — The ABC sitcom’s revival explained away Dan’s death as a joke in the first few minutes of its return. Of course, then the series itself was killed off last month after just one new season, thanks to star Roseanne Barr’s tweeting habits.

Jon Snow, “Game of Thrones” – And of course, there is the most famous case of all time: Jon Snow. We thought he was gone for good, we knew nothing.

Michael Cordero, “Jane the Virgin” – Jane’s husband Michael died half way through Season 3 of The CW series, collapsing suddenly after recovering from a gunshot to the chest months earlier. The show immediately jumped ahead a few years, where Jane is finally able to find love again with Rafael. However, in...