Month: May 2018

Forking hell! Is The Good Place the ultimate TV show for our times?

Thoughtful commentary from The Guardian. No, for reals…we forking mean it!

by Ellen E Jones

f there’s one thing that hit Netflix show The Good Place is absolutely, definitely not about, it’s The State of the World Today. Intentionally, anyway. For one thing, this feelgood sitcom isn’t even set in our world, but in a non-denominational afterlife you might call “Heaven”. This is the Good Place of the title, where Eleanor Shellstrop (Kristen Bell) finds herself in the show’s opening episode and soon concludes she’s been sent in error. read article

Are You a Jeff Daniels Fan?

This TVWriter™ minion’s daddy always said, “Daughter, you can always trust a man with a guitar. A drummer not so much, but a strummer…yup.”

If you aren’t a Jeff Daniels fan, maybe you should rethink that. Especially if you’re a TV aficionado, or better yet, a TV writer.

“Why?” you ask.

To which we reply: read article

Peggy Bechko on Stuff You Should Never Ask A Writer

by Peggy Bechko

Today I’m going to approach things from the opposite direction of normal. As writers, whether novel or script or some other writing avenue, we’ve all heard a lot of weird questions. So, this is something you can pass on to your non-writing and some of your newbie-writer friends.

What questions should you not ask a Writer?

First – Is being a writer a real job? read article

Self Publishing? Where?

Regular TVWriter™ visitors know that we think that contemporary self-publishing and its various platforms is the best thing to happen to literary life since…well, since the last best thing (which we’re pretty sure was before our time.)

So, for all those who have the courage and strength to write things that will actually be read instead of performed (OMFG! All those words!), we happily present this recent find:

How to decide where to publish your books when self-publishing
by Nathan Bransford

Once you’ve decided you want to pursue self-publishing, it’s helpful to make two important decisions as early as possible: read article

The 100 Most-Watched TV Shows of 2017-2018

Admit it. This is something you really want to know, right? Even though you aren’t an advertiser. Well, Michael Schneider’s here to tell ya!

by Michael Schneider

If there was a recurring theme during the recent broadcast network upfronts, it was this: Ratings must die. “We are in a new era of media and it’s time to retire the Nielsen television metric,” Turner president David Levy said. “While it undoubtedly served its purpose, it no longer fully captures how to successfully measure an audience in today’s landscape.” read article