Month: September 2016

More Posts TVWriter™ Wishes We’d Published

Some recent articles from other websites on TV, TV writing, and the TV biz that we think y’all should know about:

Information Overload? Embrace “Intentional Ignorance”
by Steven MacKenzie

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Close-Minded by Luis Prado from the Noun Project

The availability of information in the digital age is overwhelming. For every mesmerizing Instagram profile you browse, there are hundreds of millions more. For every page of search results you scroll down, there are thousands upon thousands beyond that one. For every article you read or RSS feed you subscribe to on a research topic, you could spend the rest of your career consuming more where those came from, and never reach the end. read article

Everything You Need to Know About a TV Biz Internship

This article from a blog by LB’s alma mater, Northwestern University, is one of the best intros to working in showbiz – specifically in a writers room – we’ve ever seen. Sit down, relax, and open your brain to:

Adventures Of An EPICS Intern: ‘Exposure’ A Snapshot Of A Television Academy Intern
by Cat Davidson

There is not just one word to describe my experience this summer. But if I was forced (kicking and screaming) to shove it all into one word, I would say: Cat-Davidson-TV-AcademyExposure! Like a camera opening it’s lens to the world, I have been fortunate enough to capture an amazing picture of what it is like to work for a successful television show!

But let’s take it back, just a month or two before I knew I was to snap that image. It was not too long ago that I was sitting in front of my computer, gazing at my email, hoping that one of the 10 to 15 internships I had applied for responded back with positive news. When I received the call from the Television Academy Foundation, I was ecstatic, jumping up an down in the middle of the street. Literally! But when my feet hit the ground, anxiety, nerves, and a whole bunch of other thoughts and feelings crowded my brain. What if I’m not good enough? What if they made a mistake? Are they sure they want me? Will I make a good impression? I think that these are normal fears that come into a persons mind when they have been chosen among a large pool of qualified applicants. And so, out of respect to those who had applied and had not gotten the chance, I decided to give it my all. Take my fears and march head strong towards my dream. And so I was LA bound. read article

The Changing Paradigm of TV

The TV biz has changed substantially over the past few years, and so has our society’s perception of it. We could inundate our visitors with pertinent facts and figures, but letting the culture itself demonstrate the changes is more fun.

Especially when we’re doing it through another evolving media: “Hey, kids, cartoons!”

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John Ostrander and His Good Guys

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by John Ostrander

Quick – who is the more interesting character, Superman or Batman? Batman, right? Supes is the Big Blue Boy Scout. He’s the quintessential “good guy.” He’s all bright colors and kid friendly. Batman is all dark and angsty. We could never be Superman with all those powers but, if we really worked hard at it, I mean if we had sufficient motivation and tons of money, we could be Batman.

That’s the common opinion. It’s not true, of course, but that’s the myth.

We always assume that Superman will do the right thing because, well, he’s Superman. That’s who he is. Doing the right thing, making the right choice just comes natural to him, like breathing. Good guys do the right thing. That’s what makes them good guys. read article

Cartoon: “Rejection”

And now, from Grant Snider’s pen to God’s ear – although a lot of us think it goes the other way around because, hey, dude’s kinda divine, you know? – this important message on “Rejection”:

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More Grant Snider wonderfulness HERE