Author: LB

A legendary figure in the television writing and production world with a career going back to the late ’60s, Larry Brody has written and produced hundreds of hours of American and worldwide television and is a consultant to production companies and networks in the U.S. and abroad . Shows written or produced by Brody have won several awards including - yes, it's true - Emmys, Writers Guild Awards, and the Humanitas Award.

LB: What I Learned From the 2013 People’s Pilot & Spec Scriptacular Competitions

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by Larry Brody

How About Some More General Remarks for a Start?

About 10 days ago, I wrote about what I thought all writer-entrants in the 2013 People’s Pilot and Spec Scriptacular Competitions could learn. Unsurprisingly, the lessons were mostly about writing. As in what worked and didn’t work in the entries. If you need me to wait while you refresh your memories, fine, I’m doing that right now.

Just not, you know, in real time.

Okay. With that out of the way, I’d like to move on in the direction I promised in that article and talk about: read article

LB: What Everyone Can Learn From the 2013 People’s Pilot & Spec Scriptacular Competitions

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How About Some Quick General Remarks for a Start?

Now that the Winners of the People’s Pilot and Spec Scriptacular Competitions have been announced, I’ve had a little time to reflect on both contests. Not a lot of time (because I’m working like mad to deliver all that Feedback I promised ASAP), but enough to notice a few things that made me – and I think will make you – smile.

  • The People’s Pilot had the largest number of entries in its 15 year history.
  • The Spec Scriptacular had the largest number of entries in its 13 year history.
  • Taken as a totality, the entries in both contests were better than ever. In all categories, the judges considered at least 2/3 of what they read to be of professional caliber. (And considering that none of the entrants was a professional TV or film writer that strikes me as, well, amazing.)
  • I’ve had good experiences with every entrant with whom I’ve corresponded this year. Everyone’s been upbeat and positive, expressing the kind of joy in the very act of writing that those already in the biz want to work with, and which fills me with an equal amount of delight.

Thanks, everyone, for all this good stuff. You make everything I try to do more than worthwhile.

What TVWriter™ Contest Entrants (and other writers) Should Know About These Contests

My purpose in holding the PP and SS all these years has always been to give new writers a chance to get their work out into the world and become better writers by seeing how other people – professionals, in the biz – react to it. read article

Peer Production: FLOATING IN MY MIND

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So beautiful.

So sweet, pure. read article

LB Sees HBO’s TRUE BELIEVER Trailer

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Being a “true believer” in the talent of both Woody Harrelson and Matthew McConaughey or, if there’s a credit problem between them, of Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson, I’ve been looking forward to the arrival of this new series in January of 2014.

Well, actually, let’s make that “I had been looking forward to it. read article

LB: I Yam What I Yam

The other day somebody called me a “grumpy old man.” (And no, this wasn’t the first time I’ve heard that. Not by a longshot.) I think it was supposed to be a pejorative, but I found both concepts – being “grumpy” and being “old” exhilarating.

To me, it meant that I’m self-aware enough to refuse to take any crap and that I have enough years on me to have actually grown up a bit.

My joy was complete when I discovered this image: read article