by Diana Black
Quick Quiz time:
For the following snippet of conversation, what are these characters really talking about?
CHARACTER A Shall I make a cup of coffee then?
Month: July 2015
Mother of Mercy! Is This the End of the BBC?
We don’t know the answer to our title question, but we do know this: Stewart Lee of The Guardian is our Biggest Major News Media Writing Hero of the Year So Far.
Why?
This is why:
John Ostrander: Bond… My Favorite Bond
by John Ostrander
I am reluctant to name anything “the best” because that appellation is usually very subjective. It’s easier to name something as “my favorite” because… how can you argue that? You may say that I have no taste but my favorite something is my favorite.
James Bond has existed in the movies for over fifty years and as a character in books even longer. A large number of actors have played the part onscreen and all of them (yes, even Roger Moore) have had good films. Some turkeys in there, too.
For many people, James Bond is Sean Connery. I can fully understand that – he was the first to depict 007 onscreen and many of the traits he introduced became defining tropes. I would argue, however, that some of the excesses that crept into the franchise also started during the Connery years. The over the top villains, the elaborate sets by Ken Adams, the women as sex objects and so on. They became set in stone and the Bond films became fossilized and outdated even as they were made.
Why We Miss Deadlines, and How to Stop
Sometimes it seems as though the only way to make a writing deadline is to not have one. But why, dammit? Why? Here’s one explanation:
by Belle Cooper
“I love deadlines. I love the whooshing noise they make as they go by.”- Douglas Adams
We’re obsessed with planning when we’ll get work done. But when we need to knuckle down and put our plans into action, we push tasks back further and further, up until the last minute—or worse, past the established deadline.
A & E Networks Partnering with New York TV Fest
A & E Networks – you know, that set of cable TV channels that used to be good? – has teamed up with the New York TV Festival, and if everybody means what they’re saying, that’s good news for us all.
We here at TVWriter™ can’t, of course, comment too much on intentions, but here’s what’s being said:
by Team TVWriter™ Press Service
(Yes, this is a Press Release)
A+E Networks and the NYTVF today announced partnership on a new initiative that will identify outstanding new writers and producers for potential development opportunities with A&E Networks’ various TV properties: A&E, HISTORY, Lifetime, FYI and H2.