by Dennis O’Neil
There, on the mountain and the sky,
On all the tragic scene they stare.
Month: January 2017
A Few Very Kind Words About TVWriter™ University from a Former Student
by Team TVWriter™ Press Service
LB has always been reluctant to run testimonials because he thinks they’re too self-serving. But right now, while he’s caught up in other things, we’re going to show you this one anyway – because the way we see it, talking about successes that have come from TVWriter™s classes and contests serves the interest of new writers more than it does, you know, LB’s.
Have a gander at this, then, from Cilla Lowen, a new writer living in South Africa, who for a couple of months about a year ago got herself up and out of bed every “Thursday” morning at 4 a.m. Johannesburg time for the Wednesday evening 6 p.m. (Pacific Time) Online Workshop:
Hope you and your loved ones are thriving. Just want to keep you posted on my progress in 2016 thanks to your constructive guidance:
Web Series: ‘Teenagers’
(NOTE FROM LB: Don’t be afraid to click on the video above. It’s still up and running, age-restricted or not!)
A genuine indie soap opera! Just what we’ve all been waiting for.
What’s that? You haven’t been waiting because you don’t like soaps? Take a tip from TVWriter™ and try this one anyway. Like all teenagers, it’s very different, and truly special. Teenagers really is a show that goes where no one has gone before…and in a way no one ever thought of.
John Ostrander’s Spare Plots
by John Ostrander
More than once over the years I’ve been approached by someone who says that they have a great idea for a story and that I should write it and then we split any money evenly. The problem with this (aside from the fact that the work is not even) is that I have plenty of ideas of my own that, for one reason or another, never get written. Having ideas isn’t the problem; executing them is.
Here are a few ideas I’ve had in my journal that haven’t seen the light of day.
Second City Wants You to Write Great Sketches
via Team TVWriter™ Press Service
And who better to teach you than Second City itself? In their own words:
Learn to write sketches for TV shows like Saturday Night Live. Explore satire, character based sketches, commercial and television parodies, monologue/Weekend Update jokes, create scripts for digital shorts to promote your writing samples online and more. Collaborate with classmates and teacher to heighten and punch up ideas in this creative Writer’s Room experience. Please bring a laptop or phone for script sharing and Internet access.