Everything You Need to Know About Screenwriting – via Judge Parker

Looks to us like Francesco Marciuliano, writer of the syndicated comic strip Judge Parker, has his eye on the Big Prize – a moneymaking screenplay, reality be damned.

Or is it just us? What do you think?

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #61 – “Vacation Cows…?”

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

WGA vs. Talent Agents – Why the Writers Should Stay Firm

The Writers Guild of America vs. Association of Talent Agents have been at war for months, and we’ve written about it many times, but more than a few people are still unclear on what it’s all about.

We think the co-creator and executive producer of The Fosters and Good Trouble, Peter Paige, has a damn good handle on it.

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10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – Sept. 3, 2019

Happy Tuesday morning everybody!

Hope your three day weekend has been a great one. Time now for TVWriter™’s latest look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the week ending yesterday. They are, in order: read article

Speaking of Labor Day

TVWriter™ is taking the day off today, not only because we believe all working people deserve to:

  • BE SHOWN APPRECIATION FOR ALL THEY DO
  • ENJOY A DAY OF REST

But also because we believe that the American labor union movement itself is something to be appreciated, supported, and when you get right down to it, cherished.

LEARN MORE ABOUT LABOR MOVEMENT AND ITS HISTORICAL CONTEXT HERE

We’ll be back tomorrow with our usual beginning-of-the-week fare, but in the meantime, here are some recent TVWriter™ posts we think you’ll like. read article