Writing Mistakes Writers Make: Relying on Perfect Conditions to Write

The overachievers at writersdigest.com have more than proven their worth with this article on how to get the job done regardless of the circumstances under which it’s being done.

In other words, stop complaining about not being able to write because your favorite coffee shop is closed and do what it takes to get those words from your mind to the page!

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How Have Our TV Viewing Habits Changed Over Time?

Here’s an article that illustrates the meaning of “do the research!” so clearly that none of you who read it will ever again have an excuse for not dealing with your subject completely.

via CableCompare.Com

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How to Get Your TV Show Idea on the Air #2

by Larry Brody

This is the second in a series of videos about what is for all practical purposes the most important thing to know in showbiz: How to sell your idea, your script, and yourself.

This is serious business indeed, but the process also is filled with fun and, yes, love.  So please sit back and click to learn, enjoy, and maybe even find your TV show Destiny by knowing more about WHAT EXECUTIVES WANT TO SEE IN A TV SERIES PITCH.

From the lovely peeps at FILM COURAGE

How to Get Your TV Show Idea on the Air #1

by Larry Brody

This is a big moment, kids. The debut of TVWriter™’s new weekly feature spotlighting videos on how to sell your TV series and get it made and seen by your friends, neighbors, enemies, and, of course, perfect strangers.

Longtime visitors to this site will remember the image above as accompanying a humorous gossip column called “For Love & Money” that we ran in years gone by. We’re using it now because, for better and for worse, those two elements of life remain what the TV Industry is all about.

In other words, this is serious business indeed, but the process also is filled with fun and, yes, love.  So please sit back and click to learn, enjoy, and maybe even find your TV show Destiny. read article

Stephanie Bourbon: Goals Help Writers Reach Their Dreams

LB’S NOTE: One of our fave TV writers-illustrators-screenwriters-vloggers, Stephanie Bourbon, shares her productive insight into the practical value of setting goals.

by Stephanie Bourbon

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