Related questions from a TVWriter™ visitor who needs answers.
Actually, she demands answers, as in this particular questioner re-sent her questions when it took me more than two days to respond. You’re a tough one, lady. Which means you’ll probably go far.
Now where were we? Oh yeah:
I know, I know. The backlog of career questions I’ve promised to answer but haven’t gotten around to yet is almost as big as Donald Trump’s ego. I’m genuinely sorry about not through them all (or even making a dent). I mean, who doesn’t want a chance to tell old war stories carefully making her or himself the hero?
Now that the People’s Pilot Winners have been announced and I have a (very) short breathing space until plunging into the Feedback, let me reach into ye olde emailbag and see what I can say:
F
rom SZ:
NOTE FROM LB: Just emailed the following to all those on the TVWriter™ eMail list. But the info really is for everybody:
Gang,
Trying to do some genuine advance planning because that’s the kind of thing I never do, but all the productivity sites keep saying I should.
by Larry BrodyJohn Ostrander, an irregular contributor to TVWriter™, is one of the best writers working in any medium and genre today. For me, his greatest creation is the character “Grimjack,” an anti-hero I’ve always wished I’d created, dammit. In fact, that’s how I’ve always thought of it: “Wish I’d created Grimjack. Dammit!”
You may know King John for other things. Like maybe his work on a host of fine comics, including SUICIDE SQUAD, which is set to open as a major tentpole/franchise/whatever feature film early next year.
I mean, dude’s good, got it?
Ah, how times change. Not that long ago, wherever I went people would ask me, “How do I get an agent?” Or, more directly, “Can you get me an agent?”
Or, even more directly, “Get me an agent!” minus any question mark whatsoever.
These days, however, the most common question I encounter when I meet new humans, even those who want to be writers, is, “What TV shows are you watching?” So, since that’s a much easier question to answer, here’s the current LB (and wife Gwen the Beautiful) TV Viewing List As of Mid-Summer, 2015.