Revenge is Mine Sayeth…um, ABC?

From our friend Theresa Wiza’s outstanding blog:

Revenge Marathon Before New Season Begins – by Theresa Wiza read article

Advanced Studies in Collaborative Endeavors

Whether you’re working with a team to make your new web series happen, producing a short pilot for a website like Channel 101, or just writing a script with a fellow screenwriter, there is collaborative technology out in the world that is designed to make your multi-person workflow easier.

I dipped my toes in the sea of collaboration when working in theatre first, where the writer relationship to the process is much more hands on. However, the trend in the industry lately seems to feature writers that cross titles: writer-directors, writer-actors, writer-director-actor-producer: whatever dual or triple or quadruple roles are available, there is someone willing to wear those hats (and that’s a lot of hats).

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Peggy Bechko Loves Writing About Writing

…Lucky for us!

Readers – Wonder how Writers Do It? – by Peggy Bechko (from Peggy’s blog)
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Peggy Bechko Writes More About Writing

From novelist Peggy Bechko’s uberhelpful blog:

Writer – Tell Your Readers Only What They Need To Know! – by Peggy Bechko (from Peggy’s blog)

As writers, it’s good for us to think a bit about how the brain works and what it’s really looking for in many things, but for us the important issue is what does it want from a story? read article

John Ostrander Nails the Whole Learning to Write Thing

This is brilliant:

John Ostrander: How I Learned to Write – by John Ostrander (Comic Mix)

One of the pleasures of the Internet and of Facebook in particular is that sometimes old friends find you or you find them and you get a chance to re-establish old bonds. One such for me is David Downs who I knew in my Loyola University theater days. Recently, he was asking about my writing and about writing plays and I realized – by Gum! – there was a column in it. Thanks, David! read article