If you aren’t a Jeff Daniels fan, maybe you should rethink that. Especially if you’re a TV aficionado, or better yet, a TV writer.
“Why?” you ask.
To which we reply:
“This.”
Why do you believe that television has surpassed movies in quality?
JD: It is where the writing went. Television is where the writers went. They’re given a creative freedom that I haven’t felt in other places. Then they hire really good people. And they give you the money to shoot it. It’s a lot of money, too.
You know, if knowledgeable folks like Mr. Daniels keep praising TV writing and TV in general, TVWriter™ just may have to change the motto we’ve had since our creation 20 years ago:
Larry Brody’s Guide to Writing for the Medium Everyone Loves to Hate
Who would have thought?