After months of being on strike, the WGA (Writers Guild of America) has voted to lift the strike and will begin writing again. After unofficial talks and scheduled votes today, the AMPTP (Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers) and the WGA have come to terms officially, with some writers returning to work as soon as tomorrow:

The vote on whether to lift the strike was held three days after the Writers Guild of America cinched its contract agreement with the Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers. The strike vote was held over a 48-hour frame, with members able to vote in person at the Writers Guild Theater in Beverly Hills and Gotham’s Crowne Plaza Hotel, or via fax.

In Gotham, WGA ballots were cast at the Crowne Plaza Hotel from 4 to 7 p.m. The opening of the polls was preceded by an hourlong membership meeting, at which WGA East prexy Michael Winship, WGA East exec director Mona Mangan and others spoke about the contract terms and took questions from members.

In brief remarks to reporters before the meeting, Winship reiterated that the hard-fought contract includes landmark gains for writers in new media, and that the guild achieved its primary goal of establishing a new-media compensation formula that will pay scribes a percentage of revenue generated by exploitation of their work in the digital realm.

“We’re receiving a percentage of the distributor’s gross,” he said, “which is very real money, as opposed to what people refer to as creative or Hollywood accounting.”

The ratification process of the contract itself will begin later with week via a mail-in-ballot. The vote will be tallied at membership meetings on Feb. 25, with the expected ratification being finalized on Feb. 26. [Variety]

What’s really great though is that the writer’s were able to stick together and use their voices, on the picket line and on the internet, to demand contracts that were fair. It shows how powerful unity can be.

Throughout the past months, the strike has shed light on how can the internet can be used as an organizing tool. The writer’s teamed up with actors to produce the phenomenal Speechless series (which I have blogged about countless times) and also used a blog (they’re free!!!) to keep interested parties up to date with updates, demonstration information and editorials (written and video) about the strike situation. They also developed MySpace, Facebook, YouTube and Flickr accounts to get folks from all over involved.

I for one will miss the Speechless vids, but with the huge surge in reality television shows since the strike began, I am pleased as punch that the strike is over (esp now that my guilty pleasure show “Lost” is back on the air).

But in honor of the strike ending, watch one more video below and to read more about how the internet will continue to impact the future of storytelling and entertainment.