Month: December 2020

Freelance Writing 101: What Exactly Do Freelance Writers Do?

Time to get back to basics on this whole writing career thing. And what better place to begin than this article from freelancewriting.com?

by Laura DeCesare

Between 2014 and 2019, the number of working freelancers increased by 64.9 percent. In fact, freelancers now represent approximately 35 percent of the world’s workforce, and 75 percent of them say that they wouldn’t do anything else for a living.

Those new to the idea might be wondering: what’s a freelance writer, and why has this career choice become so popular? Just as importantly, what’s in it for the hiring company? read article

Latest on WGAW Connect

What has our Writers Guild done for us lately?

Glad you asked because the Guild has a wonderful answer in Writers Connect, a short newsletter members get every week. (See? Another good reason to bust your butt to qualify and join.)

Opening Day

How showrunners and writers set the tone for an inclusive room. read article

The Writers Guild of America West’s Take on “Community Standards”

Here at TVWriter™ we’re pretty damn proud of how the WGAW is responding to calls for the end of the various forms of discrimination that have pervaded our society for far too long. Here’s an update.

December 8, 2020 read article

Larry Brody’s TV Writing Tips & Tricks #3

Scene Construction
by Larry Brody

Scenes are more than a signposts on your way to the end of the screenplay road. They’re more than just moments in which story or character points are thrown out at the viewer or reader. A good scene in a screen or teleplay—and by good I mean EFFECTIVE in terms of getting the response you want—is a mini-story in itself, with a beginning, middle, and end.

In other words, scenes need to be structured so that the intensity within them grows and then climaxes, like microcosms of your script. read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front. HBO Max Gets Same-Day Film Releases, Discovery+ Details, & More!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://twitter.com/CordCuttersNews
Cord Cutters Web Site: http://cordcuttersnews.com read article