LOS ANGELES — The Hollywood writers guild says it will begin informal talks with studios after agreeing to withdraw proposals involving the unionization of writers of reality and animated shows.

The new strategy was disclosed yesterday in an e-mail from the union to its members that was later released publicly.

The message was sent after guild officials met with representatives of several Hollywood studios, according to a person familiar with the bargaining strategy who was not authorized to publicly comment and asked for anonymity.

The talks are intended to lay the foundation for the resumption of full negotiations, which broke down Dec. 7 after the studios demanded that the guild take the unionization issue off the table.

The union message to members says it plans other unspecified methods to organize reality and animation writers.