Month: May 2019

What is Bad Writing?

Lifehacker.Com brings us a fun little article that takes an entertaining and educational look at “3 Successful Writers Stephen King Can’t Stand.”

This is gonna be good:

by Melissa Thompson

Stephen King talking about someone else he can’t stand – the current POTUS

We all have our own list of favorite authors. Some we have decided to keep a secret because we’re afraid of the judgment we’ll face if we say their names out loud. While your friends are making fun of people who read romance novels or light summer reads, you want to raise your hand and say, “HEY! That’s me! I read those! At least I’m reading, you jerks!” And that’s just it—at least you are reading. read article

LB: The Unfulfilled Potential of Video Games

Yes, it’s true. Diablo I is still LB’s absolutely favorite video game. What’s yours?

by Larry Brody

Here at TVWriter™ we haven’t had much to say about video games other than we like ’em. To be a bit more precise, I’ll sum up my feelings about video games and, especially, the writing that goes into them as best I can:

I approach video games the way I do TV shows or books. I’m into them for their world building, storytelling, and characterization. Which means that I end up obsessing on the whole ‘winning’ thing, because if I can’t make it through to the end of the last level it means I’ll finish the ‘book.’

All too often, even the most highly recommended video games fail to be worth all the OCD they demand. Mostly because they rely too much on the act of killing…and dying. read article

What Happens When You Move Out Of the Comfort Zone

Do you lie awake at night looking for easy and comforting answers to life’s biggest, most complex, and yet most common problems?

Well, bunky, it’s time to relax cuz right here, right now, we’ve got just what you’ve wanted, all wrapped up in one tidy place.

And, yes, we’re being snarky as hell, but only because that’s our default tone. Truth to tell, we think writer Tony Robinson is right on about a very important approach to what ails us all: read article

HOW TO FORMAT DIALOGUE IN A SCREENPLAY

A new look at an old basic, from our buds at ScriptReaderPro:

How to Format Dialogue in a Screenplay: Top 8 Dialogue Format “Errors”
via Script Reader Pro

Peppering a spec script with dialogue format errors may not completely derail the reader’s experience, but they definitely don’t help. read article