Month: December 2017

Web Series: ‘Sam and Pat are Depressed’

Frequent (but not frequent enough) TVWriter™ guest columnist Bri Castellini has a new web series on Seeka.TV, and, spoilsports that we are (to Seeka.TV and its ilk anyway), we’re here to give you a glimpse into its darkness, despair…and humor.

SAM AND PAT ARE DEPRESSED
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Episode 1 is also out and about…but you’ll have to go here, to Seeka.TV, to see it. Which reminds us:

WARNING! Seeka will make you join in order to watch. It’s free, and the show’s worth more than that, but still, it kinda bugs us, you know? read article

Steven Spielberg Gives Us Some Advice

And now a few words from Steven Spielberg on filmmaking, success, directing, success, writing, success, living an authentic life, and, hmm, what’ve we left out? Oh, right – success.

Anyway:

Indie Video: Creating Powerful Themes & Great Characters

The last time we featured a Microbudget Film Lab video was back in October, and as good as that one was, we think this will be even more helpful. The info here isn’t just about indie film-making, it’s what everyone who writes just about anything (except maybe Ikea furniture assembly directions) needs to know.

The Microbudget Film Lab Channel is HERE

Herbie J Pilato wants us to get ready for his new book

Coming in the Summer of 2018!

We loves us some Mary Tyler Moore and some Herbie J Pilato as well, so we here at TVWriter™ are ready as all get out for what promises to be a great read.

In fact, we’re looking forward to this so much that it’s all we can do to keep from foaming at our mouths. (Mouth? My mouth? His mouth? Her mouth? Damn, why didn’t Miss Grundy teach us anything instead of just messing with us back in the day? read article

How to be a good showrunner

One of the most knowledgeable writers on the web hits one out of the park…again.

We thought we had a showrunner pun when we uploaded this pic, but now we can’t remember what it was. Yikes!

by Ken Levine

Here’s a Friday Question that became an entire post.  I know the WGA has seminars on this and some colleges offer courses in this, but the following points are pretty much everything you need to know.   (Reminder: Whenever I can’t think of an appropriate picture I always post Natalie Wood photos.)

The question is from Brian Hennessy. read article