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Three things to know about the Hollywood Writers' tentative agreement

Writers are set to vote to ratify a new contract before they can end their nearly five month strike against the studios.
Brian Nelson has been a WGA member for 30 years. On the picket line outside CBS Radford Studios on Friday, The screenwriter said "whatever deal we make may be the template for other deals going forward."

Screenwriters and major Hollywood studios have finally hammered out a new three year contract; now the Writers Guild of America's leadership must vote to pass the tentative agreement on to its 11,500 members for ratification before their 5-month strike can officially end. The leadership's vote is tentatively scheduled for Tuesday. So is this a victory for the writers? We answer a few burning questions below.

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