Month: December 2014

LB: MERRY CHRISTMAS!

Impact02by Larry Brody

Gang–

Just a short post to wish you all the best holiday season possible. No, make that the best Holiday season ever. No, wait, let’s just make it THE BEST HOLIDAY SEASON!!!

It’s been a terrific year for TVWriter™, the meandering minions, and myself. I want to thank all of you for hanging out on this site, taking the classes, entering the contests, and, most of all, contributing your own articles. It’s a pleasure and a privilege to know such a talented bunch of writers. read article

Leesa Dean: Adventures of a Web Series Newbie #87

Chapter 87 – Ending Out The Year
by Leesa Dean

A lot of stuff going on.  Finally finished writing Season 2 of the Lele Show–well, mostly.

yt The scripts are done.  But the way the show is formulated, there are tons of inserts that need to written and thought out.

So, I have another month of doing that and recording the voiceovers.  Then I’m in production!! read article

LB: Toughing it out

It isn’t easy becoming a TV writer, and guess what? It isn’t easy to stay one either. The following post by a distinguished “old pro” is among the best advice I’ve ever heard or read for anyone thinking of going into – or already in – showbiz.

Especially, yeah, writers:

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Hank Isaac: Underfunded Overachievers – The Crafting of “Lilac”

Lilac 1

by Hank Isaac

I read somewhere that we’re supposedly entering the “Third Golden Age of Television.” Referring, of course, to the Internet’s ability to deliver up real-time (and other) programming to the potential global audience of more than eight-billion connected souls in 193 countries. (Are there really THAT many countries?)

But really… “Third Golden Age?” There can only ever be one golden age of anything. C’mon now. So maybe this is like some sort of Bronze Age. Maybe. Bronze looks pretty good. Especially when polished well. Though you gotta keep polishing it. Otherwise, it starts to get a kind of green-blue patina all over. Which also looks good. Kinda. Hmmm… Metaphor alert? read article

Follower or Vanguard: as new writers do we dare rock the boat?”

Giant panda Mei Xiang takes a nap

by Diana Black

Male Giant Pandas (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) are lousy at sex. Their low libido and lack of interest even when engaged in procreation, coupled with habitat loss, is causing a steady decline in the population. However, all Panda males being equally lack-luster in the bedroom, so no individual Panda male has an advantage over the others and the Panda gene pool is ‘safe’ and the species survives.

What about the gene pool called ‘Hollywood’? How might it look from the outside looking in? Hollywood is perceived by most aspiring screenwriters, actors and filmmakers to be an ‘exclusive restaurant’ securely contained behind thick plate-glass with very few doors, which can only be opened by a gate-keeper or someone who already has a seat at the table. If an aspirant doesn’t know someone of either category then they’re effectively screwed.

Those on the inside, attempting to manifest an air of superiority and exclusiveness, maintain the restaurant is ‘fully-booked’; leaving the hungry aspirants outside, goggling with their noses pressed up against the glass for perhaps weeks, months; even years. read article