It’s been awhile, AKA a couple of years, since TVWriter™ pal Troy DeVolld graced this site, and, boy howdy, are we glad to see him here again.
Someday, someone will make a reality show about the making of a reality show and finally put an end to well-meaning friends telling me that someone should make one.
Last week Stephanie Bourbon explained why agents so often reject new writers’ query letters. Today she’s giving important positive advice. Will doing what Stephanie says here mean you’ll have the loving, caring, super efficient supersalesperson of your dreams?
There’s only one answer, and we’re happy to give it. “Follow Stephanie’s advice and see!” (And then tell us all about it so we can help others as well.)
The first question most new writers ask those of us who already are working professionally at the craft in various media inevitably is, “Will you read my script/book/whatever else I’ve written?”
After that gets the most tactful version of “Hell no!” the pro can come up with, most newbies swiftly move to the second most-asked question. “Why won’t the agents I write to even answer me?”
When it comes to writing conferences Stephanie Bourbon’s our go-to, um, person. She knows more about the ins and outs of the conference scene that anybody else we know.
Almost as much, in fact, as she knows about writing and illustrating and editing. And that’s one Acme Hella Lot.
This is long for a writing tips video at almost 10 minutes, but everything Ms. Bourbon says here is worth not merely listening to but truly absorbing.
Here at TVWriter™ we know several mighty fine (and popular) novelists whose first step in writing their books is to outline and write them as screenplays. In other words, this cinematic, scene-oriented technique works.