TVWriter™, the Writers Guild of America West, and Larry Brody want to remind you that time to enter your script is running short.
Our advice to all the pros who’ve written so brilliantly during 2018: Get a move on if you want your shot at one of the most prestigious writing awards around.
In a world filled with reasons to be outraged and angry, the following parody of Sesame Street‘s favorite couple seems to us to have generated much more than its fair share of hate:
Well done, yeah? And definitely in the dog house with PBS and Children’s Television Workshop et al.
In the spirit of one of our absolutely least favorite offline series, House Hunter, may we suggest a compromise?
Writers are notoriously afraid of psychotherapists, whether they be M.D.’s, Pd.D’s, certified shrinks, or otherwise. But judging from articles like this one, David Silverman is the kind of therapist more writers should embrace:
These screenwriters have advice about how they prepare to write, how they write dialogue, their plotting, which ideas to write, how they keep every scene dramatic, things they keep in mind while writing, how they broke into writing, and even some words of encouragement.
Hey, anybody remember Aaron Sorkin? You know, the boy genius Oscar winning, West Wing creating genius who taught us all that clever dialog was what makes the TV and film writing world go ’round (unless you’re watching a superhero or other tentpole film in which case, fuhgedaboutit)?
Well, Mr. Sorkin is back on YouTube with more cleverly phrased wisdom about characterization. Watch! Listen! Learn! Respect! Oh, hell, go for the whole enchilada and enjoy!
The Sundance Institute’s Episodic Lab – yep, the place where they support TV writers, especially new ones – announced its latest fellows yesterday, and Deadline.Com has the story:
Sundance Institute has selected nine original TV pilots for its fifth annual Episodic Lab, which runs from September 27-October 2 at the Sundance Mountain Resort in Utah. Topics and formats range from half-hour comedies about friendships put to the test to historical dramas about the struggle for Native American land sovereignty. Read about the projects and their creators below.