“…my friend?”
This post works best when read while listening to the Doors classic, The End.
Fable Studio Plans Artificial Intelligence Streaming Platform
via hollywoodreporter.com
Author: TVWriter.Com
How the Audience Really Feels About TV Comedy Writers
Or maybe this is only how cartoonists see them?
Danger! Danger! Writing Myths Ahead
What? We’re publishing important info on a Friday? Who’d a’thunk?
by Joni B. Cole
I’ve been leading writing workshops for over 20 years and am still gobsmacked by how stubbornly writers cling to certain myths that suck up a lot of emotional energy, and reinforce practices that undermine the creative process. If you buy into any of the myths below, let them go, and see how quickly you’ll write more, write better, and even be happier (because what writer isn’t happier when writing more and writing better).
1. The myth of the “real writer”
“I’m not a real writer.”
‘I just go into my head and enjoy it’: the people who can’t stop daydreaming
Here’s an excellent article on a syndrome that might as well simply be called “The Not So Secret Lives of Writers.” Read on and you’ll see what we mean.
by David Robson
Every day, Kyla* travels to a fictional universe with advanced space travel. It’s not real, of course – but an incredibly vivid daydream, centred on a protagonist with a detailed history. “It covers 79 years in the life of my main character,” she says. “I know how the whole thing plays out, and I can drop into it at whatever point I want to experience.”
Today, this habit is pure entertainment, which she limits to just an hour a day. “It’s like watching Netflix,” she says. “I just go into my head and enjoy it.” In the past, however, she had felt that her fantasies had become all-consuming. “There was a point where it was like an addiction.”
WGAW September, 2022 Calendar
A Public Service Announcement if ever there was one. Here’s what going on, socially and professionally, at the Writers Guild of America West this month:
September 2022
Until further notice, the Guild has suspended in-person committee meetings and events, member meetings, and screenings at the Writers Guild Theater. Virtual events are listed below. Members must RSVP in advance to receive access info to participate in online events.