In case you’ve missed what’s happening at TVWriter™, the most popular blog posts during the week ending yesterday were:
Peggy Bechko’s World: Writers, Get Out of Your Creative Rut!
Month: September 2016
3 Script Development Truths Nobody Ever Reveals
by munchman
Gleaned by your fave munchamaniac from the mouths of experienced writer friends who actually pay attention to what works for them when trying to make a deal (and what doesn’t):
- Execs say they don’t care about our writing style but just want to read a “good” script. They’re lying – to themselves as well as to you and your agent
- True Hollywood definition of a “good script” – “One my boss will like”
- Alternate but equally true Hollywood definition of a “good script” – One that has a concept or storyline that will fill a gap in our development schedule and get me promoted”
Any other old pros out there with more to add? Yer friendly neighborhood munchman is eager to know!
John Ostrander Gets Trumped!
by John Ostrander
I’m almost ready to give up. Throw in the towel.
I’m a writer of fantastic fiction. That’s been my bread and butter for over 30 years. Folks that fly. Folks that travel through time. Folks that live in multi-dimensional cities. Bad folks doing bad things for ostensibly good causes. And so on and so on.
For all that the stories and characters have been fantastic, I have to keep them in some ways real. I don’t want to have the readers say, “Oh, that could never happen.” I don’t want to have an editor say, “Oh, that could never happen.” Or “That’s ridiculous.” Or “Who do you think you’re kidding?” The stories need to be at least plausible in some way.
Posts TVWriter™ Wishes We’d Published
This week’s collection of recent articles from other websites about TV, TV writing, etc., etc., etc., including a couple about writing for television in places we in the U.S. don’t normally think about.
The plan here is for you to click on their headlines and visit the sites and read the posts in full…and is anybody asks, tell ’em TVWriter™ sentcha, okay?
What’s it like being a sought-after TV writer in Pakistan?
by Sadaf Siddique & Sadaf Haider
David Lynch on Where Great Ideas Come From
Who needs a Ted Talk when we have David Lynch and The Atlantic? When this dood muses about inspiration, we listen:
More videos from The Atlantic