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.
A couple of weeks ago, stage32.com, one of the finest websites about getting started in the entertainment industry you’ll ever see, posted some of the most important videos you’ll ever see on YouTube if you’re an ambitious showbiz aspirant. Don’t just go, “Oh, wow!,” click and watch, friends. For your own good and that of the audience you’re trying to get as well.
The whole kit & kaboodle, complete with editorial commentary, is (are?) HERE
…No. New writers don’t “have to be” better.
But they do have to work harder.
Heard last night in the TVWriter™ Online Writers Room:
An agent’s job is to sell your work, not edit or even critique it.
Heard in the TVWriter™ Online Writers Room (AKA the dedicated Zoom URL I use for my Master Classes):
I’m trying to watch as many of the new streaming sitcoms as I can, but there’s a problem. No matter how intelligent and clever they may be, instead of making me laugh, many of the shows upset me.