Month: December 2014

TVWriter™ Top Posts for the Week Ending 12/12/14

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Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts during the past week:

Peggy Bechko: The Characters We Create – A Writer’s World read article

Cargo 3120: The Making of a Sci-Fi Franchise #9

CARGO3120Entry 9 The Pains of Cutting…

by Aaron Walker Sr.

(EDITOR’S NOTE: The Story So Far starts HERE)

During the advanced class we ran into a serious problem that would take a considerable amount of time to fix. During the class I was told by my instructor words that no writer wants said of their hard work. So he tells me that all the while we had been working on this there was a nagging problem that he couldn’t quite put his finger on. Then he tells me that he figured it out, but I wouldn’t like what comes next.

Without going into the gritty details, he said that he didn’t care about the main character or his story. The worst part? Correcting the problem would involve a major rewrite. We had to rebuild the main character from what I had on paper, to the powerful lead that I had in my mind, because what you have in your head must resonate on paper. read article

Peer Production: TIME TRAP

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Time now for a fun, peer produced science fiction film. This should be enough to keep you going over the weekend. If not, hey, use your time dilator to change things:

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 12/12/14

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Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=& (NECESSARY ROUGHNESS) is writing a pilot based on the comic book mini-series Boom! created by Gary Phillips & Marc Laming. It’s all about a professional money launderer so at least it’ll be clean. (Sorry about that, gang. Couldn’t resist) =&1=& (Yes, the Max Mutchnick) is developing the series QUICK SHOTS OF FALSE HOPE for HBO, about a ’70s era single mom looking for a husband. (Looks like somebody didn’t get the whole “It’s time to treat women like human beings and not slavish stereotypes” memo. Thumbs down, folks. Yeppers, I can’t resist that either.) Gil Ozeri (HAPPY ENDINGS) is writing the pilot for a Fox comedy about “a family of two-bit criminals who decide to pull off an elaborate Ponzi scheme.” (Sounds to yer friendly neighborhood munchman as tho this show’s gonna be the Ponzi scheme. Jeeze!) Andrew Hinderaker (a playwright, which makes him a TV newbie, hooray!) is writing a GLEE-type pilot for the CW that the network describes as “ENTOURAGE meets 30 FEET FROM STARDOM. (To which the muncher has to ask, “What the hell is 30 FEET FROM STARDOM?)

That’s it for now, munchachos. Don’t forget to write in and tell yers truly what you’ve sold when you sell it. Cuz TVWriter™ can’t wait to brag to all your friends. (And, more importantly, enemies. Hehehe….)

Troy DeVolld: Coming Attractions: Live vs Live-to-Tape

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by Troy DeVolld

You’ve heard me say that no reality show airs in real time the way something falls through a lens, but live shows… live shows are a whole different ball of wax.  DANCING WITH THE STARS, save for its produced packages, is as live as they come.  Ditto most live reality competition shows, like our competitor, THE VOICE and shows like AMERICAN IDOL and SO YOU THINK YOU CAN DANCE.

Reunion specials are usually done live-to-tape, which means they’ll shoot for several hours and then whittle it down in post. read article