10 Tips On Writing Better Dialogue

Film Courage gives us some dialog tips. Who could ask for anything more? (Yeah, we know the answer – “All of us,” but life doesn’t work that way, does it?)

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“He,” “She,” “He/She,” or “They”

The English language is changing. Always has been and always will. Since the birth of the interwebs, new words have been springing up like dragons sown from, erm, dragons’ teeth.

But here’s a change that involves way more than online communication, and it’s driving trad English teachers Ka-razy:

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Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #11 – ‘Saying No to Stars’

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

3 “Outstanding Program” Emmy Winners were Announced Yesterday

Yeah, the TV Academy thought they’d slip a trio of winners by us by announcing them over the “Creative Arts” weekend instead of during the upcoming primetime Emmy Award ceremony September 17th, but some of us got the news.

The writing Emmys will be awarded during the September 17th TV show, proving we TV writers are ready for primetime after all, but – as strange as it seems to this TVWriter™ minion – various acting awards and three Outstanding Program awards had to settle for the lesser presentation.

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Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – Sept. 10, 2018

Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are:

‘The Following’ Season 4 was Cancelled by Fox Because the TV Series Became a Victim of Lazy Writing! read article