Cartoon: ‘the beloved book’

As far as we at TVWriter™ are concerned, nobody anywhere communicates the feelings creativity arouses in both audience and creator as well as Grant Snider, philosopher-cartoonist extraordinaire.

For example:

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What’s It Like to Write for ‘Late Night with Seth Meyers?

At last, a video about writing, by writers, genuinely lives up to its promise to take us behind the scenes. Now that this TVWriter™ minion has watched this long but potent lesson, I might even start watching the show.

Um, it’s still on the air, right? Huh? Is it? read article

A Word from California State Legislators Backing the WGA

Remember that WGA-ATA standstill we talked about last Monday?

Turns out we aren’t the only ones who think the Association of Talent Agencies is, um, full of beans. Check out what these fine, upstanding California state legislators have to say. read article

Don’t think of it as ‘revising.’ It’s ‘reinvisioning.’ Of course!

NOTE FROM LB: Those who know me know how crazy having to do revisions makes me. Or rather, “made me.” It’s different now because this:

Revision – Embracing Change
by Andrea Custer

After years of creating the puzzle, making sure all the pieces fit perfectly, it became time to embrace the unthinkable: Throw out a third of the pieces, and reorder the rest into the same story, only different. read article

Why being a writer is even more special than you think

We love the opening of this piece from Seth Godin’s brilliant blog. And the rest is just about as feelgood as a written work about writing can be. Keep reading and you’ll see what we mean:

Even if it’s not graduation week for you…
by Seth Godin

Even if it’s not graduation week for you… read article