WGAW April 2018 Calendar

Knowing what’s going on in the Writers Guild of America can be helpful to TV and film writers in many ways, even if you aren’t a member. So, for your edification:

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April

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Meeting: Genre Committee

7:30-9:30 p.m. – WGAW Room 2B. read article

R.L. Stine Teaches Writing for Young Audiences

Mr. Stine knows his stuff, and we’re pretty sure you will too after you see and hear him at MasterClass.Com

This 28 lesson class is $90. “Take the fear out of writing” and check this out. (And then write a review for TVWriter™ to help others, y’hear?

LB: Untold Tales of the Animated SILVER SURFER TV Series Ep. 18 Teleplay

by Larry Brody

Over the past several weeks I’ve posted the scripts for Season 2 Episode 1, Episode 2, Episode 3, and Episode 4 of the FoxKids Network The Silver Surfer animated series for those who wondered what all of us involved in the show back in 1998 intended to come if we hadn’t been cancelled.

Today it’s the turn of Season 2 Episode 5, The Hunger.  This one’s a “Final Draft,” dated April 14, 1998. Almost twenty years ago? Whoa. To me, it only feels like nineteen. read article

Cartoon: Tom Gauld on Showbiz

Tom Gauld is one of the most influential cartoonists of the 21st Century. This example of his extraordinary talent and insight into the writer’s plight originally appeared in The Guardian.

More of Mr. Gauld’s work is HERE read article

Peggy Bechko: Creating Your Best Villain

Could Cruella be the worst best villain in history?

 by PeggyBechko

Villains aren’t just people who run around being mean and slapping puppies (in fact sometimes they have and love their very own puppy or kitten).

So how do we as writers of for screen, stage and print write the very best villains the world will love to hate?

You make your villain a match for your hero. Pretty much that simple…and that hard. Your villain can be a who or an it. read article