by Larry Brody
This just in…as in yesterday evening’s email box. And, I think, Very Important:
June 25, 2019
Dear Members,We wanted to update you on a few things:
Month: June 2019
Writing advice that sucks
Bad advice for writers is everywhere, but this article by Jason Hellerman sums it up – or should we say “pins it down?” – perfectly.
5 Instances of Terrible Writing Advice [w/Lessons from Each]
by Jason Hellerman
Tell me if this rings a bell, you’re attending a screenwriting seminar, listening to a lecture, or getting notes from someone, and they lean in and tell you they have a piece of advice. After hearing it, you shake your head. You feel a little worse off than you started, and you’re not sure what to do next.
Terrible writing advice is all around us. Bad writing advice comes from many sources. We hear it in blogs, podcasts, and all over Social Media.
Last Week in Cord Cutting
More cord cutting news for all you crazy, zany refugees from the tyranny of satellite and cable TV, from CordCuttersNews. The central issues this week are PlayStation’s deal-making problems, AT&T’s disenchantment with Direct TV, & More.
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Herbie J Pilato’s New TV Show Starts Streaming July 1!
by TVWriter™ Press Service
Herbie J Pilato has always loved television.
While growing up in Rochester, New York in the 1960s, his favorite TV series included Star Trek, Petticoat Junction, The Dick Van Dyke Show, The Mary Tyler Moore Show, Kung Fu, The Six Million Dollar Man, and Bewitched, just to name a few. “Those shows inspired me,” he says today. “And they inspired a lot of people. It was a traumatic, yet remarkable time.”
Madman, Architect, Carpenter, Judge: Roles and the Writing Process
Time now for a solidly thoughtful and genuinely helpful article about something we all need help with from time to time – how to overcome all the usual articles and not only start writing something you love but keep going all the way to the finish.
Oh, and it’s also solidly and so darn civilly written that alone has made us smile since we first saw it. Our thanks to Betty Flowers, former Director of the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library, and to Michelle Gordon, who first brought this to our attention.
