Yesterday, LB received the following announcement sent by the Writers Guild of America West to all its members:
The Writers Guild of America West has announced the results of its 2018 Board of Directors election.
Month: September 2018
Diana Black: TV Writing Checklist Part 5
Writing Gig: ‘Review Geek’ Is Looking for a Freelance Product Review Writer
This could be a good one. And you know we don’t always say that. In fact, we never have, til now:
by Jason Fitzpatrick
Think you have the perfect combination of product knowledge and writing skills? We’re looking for a few experienced freelance writers to join the team at Review Geek.
2018 Emmy Writing Winners
You can go just about anywhere and see the latest Emmy results, but here, from your friends and neighbors at TVWriter™ come the ones that we value most:
WRITING FOR A COMEDY SERIES
Donald Glover, “Atlanta” (“Alligator Man”)
Stefani Robinson, “Atlanta” (“Barbershop”)
Alec Berg and Bill Hader, “Barry” (“Chapter One: Make Your Mark”)
Liz Sarnoff, “Barry” (“Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast And Keep Going”)
Alec Berg, “Silicon Valley” (“Fifty-One Percent”)
WINNER: Amy Sherman-Palladino, “The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel” (“Pilot”)
John Ostrander: Outrage for Outrageousness Sake
by John Ostrander
As of this writing, James Gunn has been fired as the director of the next Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 3. The reason? Some tweets he wrote ten years ago where he made light of, among other things, rape and pedophilia. Always good comedy material. (Yes, that’s sarcastic. I don’t want to be Gunned in my first column.) The director says he was trying to be outrageous and provocative and that they no longer represent who he is as a person, which is a good thing because he doesn’t come off as a very nice person. If you really feel the need to read them, you can find them here.
Disney/Marvel have cut all business ties with Gunn, the CEO sniffing, “The offensive attitudes and statements discovered on James’ Twitter feed are indefensible and inconsistent with our studio’s values and we have severed our business relationship with him.”