Peggy Bechko: Writer’s To Do List

by Peggy Bechko

Have a lot to do? I know I do.

But in the spirit of procrastination I do find time to wander the web a bit between projects and I came across a rather long post (the equivalent of three pages with – oh horrors – no illustrations) on how to write a writer’s ‘to do’ list and manage it. read article

Hulking Out for Creativity’s Sake

Don’t just stand there like a wimp. Get mad, dammit! For creativity’s sake!

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Use Your Anger To Smash Creative Blocks
by David Burkus

Hall of Fame basketball player Michael Jordan is famous for his world-class talent, but what set him apart from his peers was that MJ knew how to get angry. And Michael Jordan was always angry. read article

Bob Tinsley: Hefalumps and Woozles, or, Ebooks and Scripts

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Transmedia.

That’s a hot new buzzword making the rounds of the prose indie publishing interwebs. I searched for it on TVWriter and got two hits; in neither of them did I find the word “transmedia”. Don’t know what the deal with that is.

But I digress. read article

Here are the 2013 PEOPLE’S PILOT Finalists

22nd PEOPLE’S PILOT FINALISTS

For contest ending June 1, 2013

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ONE-HOUR SHOWS
(alphabetically) read article

Lorenzo Semple Jr. Talks About Lorenzo Semple Jr.

lorenzo-semple-jr.-01And the ’60s BATMAN TV show he created cuz where would each of them ever have been without each other?

But did you know he wrote other things as well? BURKE’S LAW, THE ROGUES, and films like PAPILLION, THE PARALLAX VIEW, and THREE DAYS OF THE CONDOR.

Holey best-seller adaptations, Batman! read article