ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NEWS AUDIO EDITION – 11/21/19

by Bob Tinsley

Why should you as a visitor to TVWriter™ be interested in making audio fiction? Why should you be interested in making podcasts? Discoverability, that’s why.

The meaning of the word podcast is evolving to include any episodic, audio-only production whether nonfiction or fiction. Agents and major studios have started trawling through podcasts and their creators for new content and talent.  read article

Dawn McElligott: Composer Cracks Glass Ceiling on Way to Carnegie Hall

Composer Diane Jones

by Dawn McElligott

Frustrated as a female musician? Fear not! Diane Jones has been featuring women in music on her radio shows and writing new tunes so women won’t be stuck singing the blues.

When Trio Casals performs “Earth Rise,” at Carnegie Hall on February 5th, it will kick off a new year for its Central New York Composer, Diane Jones.

Leading up to the winter concert, Jones had been creating a virtual symphony of synergy for women in music. At the 16th annual Syracuse International Film Festival, Jones debuted her new score for the screening of a century-old film, “The Doll.” read article

Tips & Tools for Battling a Common Affliction for Writers — Especially During NaNoWriMo

by Lizbeth Finn-Arnold

Do you suffer from —

  • Writer’s block or excessive procrastination?
  • An aversion to taking creative risks — resulting in writing that feels stale, imitative, or flaccid?
  • A shortage of ideas that feels original, authentic, brave, or compelling?
  • An overall feeling of creative lethargy, melancholy, or ennui?
  • The absence of a playful, loving, and kind muse?
  • The presence of a cruel inner critic who keeps you in an endless feedback loop of fear, criticism, resistance, and doubt?

If so, you might be suffering from Generalized Writer’s Perfectionism Disorder (GWPD).

According to data compiled over the last four hundred years by the Office of Fairy Queens, Mermaids, and Witch Doctors, thousands — and possibly billions — of writers live with a loud, critical voice inside their heads. These voices were often implanted in early childhood by a well-meaning but often unstable or narcissistic parent, teacher, or coach. Most often, these voices insist that the writer is not good enough, smart enough, talented enough, or special enough to succeed in their endeavors. In longitudinal studies, respondents referred to these voices as persistent, screeching, and demonic in nature.

Related Condition: Weltschmerz

Those suffering from GWPD are often highly-sensitive and may also suffer from ‘Weltschmerz’. In the 1790s, German author Johann Paul Friedrich Richter coined the term, which means — melancholy and world-weariness. This melodramatic world-view permeated the works of many romantic writers, including Lord Byron, Oscar Wilde, William Blake, and Marquis de Sade. read article

ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NEWS AUDIO EDITION – 11/14/19

by Bob Tinsley

Why should you as a visitor to TVWriter™ be interested in making audio fiction? Why should you be interested in making podcasts? Discoverability, that’s why.

The meaning of the word podcast is evolving to include any episodic, audio-only production whether nonfiction or fiction. Agents and major studios have started trawling through podcasts and their creators for new content and talent.  read article

Herbie J Pilato on Creating His Talk Show, ‘Then Again…’

TVWriter™ Contributing Editor Emeritus (because he’s so busy with other great things these days) Herbie J Pilato tells us how he got his new hit talk show, Then Again, off the lunching pad and streaming on Amazon Prime (and Shout Factory TV too).

More tips from top writers courtesy of Author Learning Center are HERE read article