Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™. Today we begin with a look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 7 days.
They are, in order:
Top Views & Trending Posts on TVWriter™ in the Week Ending 4/25/21
Month: April 2021
How to Become a Successful Freelance Editor and Proofreader
Last week we talked about choosing a suitable freelance book editor. Today Derek Murphy, an editor and owner of the editing company, Paper Perfect, writes about what it takes to become one.
by Derek Murphy
I’ve been a full-time, professional copy editor and proofreader for a few years now, and I can understand why so many people are interested in this field. For starters, I get to work at home, be my own boss, set my own pace (sort of), and still make enough money to buy myself a lot of cool toys. Here are a few of the most common questions wannabe-editors have asked me, along with my answers.
Stephanie Bourbon: “You CAN Make Money As A Creative”
LB’S NOTE: One of our fave TV writers-illustrators-screenwriters-vloggers, Stephanie Bourbon, believes it’s time to change the “starving artist/writer/actress/etc. mantra and puts her piggy bank where her, erm, words are.
by Stephanie Bourbon
Hello Writers! [Today I am writing about this notion that we creatives group up with.
How I Hijacked Hollywood or: How To Sell A Screenplay
This clever tale of Imposter Syndrome in action (hey, we’ve ALL got it so what the heck) is packed with wisdom and attitude, and as regular TVWriter™ visitors know, we’re hardcore admirers of both.
by Zack Ford
On a hot spring day in 2013, I exited the Kips Bay brownstone in Manhattan where I lived in a rent-controlled studio apartment with my girlfriend and a white cat, walked west to 5th Avenue and then south to 23rd Street, to one of the few remaining Radio Shacks in history. Here, I bought an item just as outré as the store itself: an answering machine for a landline telephone. I had a plan to hack Hollywood.
CREATING CREDIBLE CHARACTERS
The always entertaining Dominic Carter demonstrates his insight into characterization. Gather ’round the campfire, kids, and read….
by Dominic Carter
I read a lot of screenplays from writers of all abilities and the one thing I often find these screenplays lack are credible character arcs.