And now, an eternal verity. We recommend that you put this on a post-it note right in the corner of your monitor. You’ll see why:
If you’re a writer, there’s something simple you need to remember:
Good books are hard to write. Bad books are a breeze.
Okay, I admit it. I’m running this one cuz of the title. Truth to be told, I, young baron von muncher, am secretly a major fucking lover of fucking art. So this choosing this story is definitely a no-brainer:
by Jordan Bates“We have art in order not to die of the truth.” ? Friedrich Nietzsche
I love making things. I always have. I remember as a youngster spending hours drawing pictures of Spider-Man and Dragonball Z characters. As a kid I also played piano (a skill I hope to reclaim) and more recently, I dabble in acoustic guitar. In college I started and continue to write fiction and poetry. A year and a half ago I began creating this blog. As of a few months ago I also make weird rap songs about philosophers, 90s cartoons, and chupacabras.
Welcome back for Day 2 of munchman Weekend. Are we having fun yet? Nevermind. Of course we are. And it continues with:
And now for some overlooked news of great relevance to writers living in New York who want to work in TV but don’t want to make the necessary step of moving to L.A. Some idiot’s actually trying to make your wrong-headed, totally ignorant non-move possible:
by Nicole LevyWhen CBS bought the pilot she’d deliberately set in New York, Lisa Takeuchi Cullen had to negotiate with the network to staff the production in the city.
by munchmanActually, storytellers were much more than all-round traveling public service units back in the days of yore. For aboriginal people, storytellers were sacred, prophet-minstrels whose tales gave order to the chaos of their lives. But I’d never expect a fucking actor like Robby Redford to know that.
Still, the guy’s done a pretty good job with his Sundance gig, including the creation of the Sundance Episodic Story Lab, which is all about preparing you, me, and whomever else can crack open the gate and get in, a quick, down, and dirty course in writing for TV.
Well, okay, so Robby probably didn’t do it, but, hell, he has even more minions than LB so…that.
Actually, they’re late coming from TVWriter™. We got the info awhile ago but…other stuff got in the way. Other stuff always gets in the way, which is probably why yer ever-lovin’ mud-eyed munchman isn’t doing as well as I should be.
Where was I? Oh, right. Summer TV shows:
Thursday, April 24
10-11 p.m. Black Box (new series premiere)