LB: Do We Live in ‘The Matrix?’

by Larry Brody

…Or is our worldview contaminated by omnipresent cognitive dissonance? (Asking for an invisible friend.)

Personally, I think we’re all in the Philip K. Dick-verse but haven’t yet made up my mind if Phil’s writing created it or it created his writing. (Although I think I know which of those two he believed.)

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #161 – “How Many Times Have You Died?”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned. read article

LB: Two Blog Posts I Find Incredibly Sad

by Larry Brody

Do people working their buns off to become writers really not understand how the English language works?

from https://justpublishingadvice.com/walked-passed-or-past/

At least the above post answers the question it asks. OTOH, we have this:

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LB: My Next Master Class Starts in 2 Weeks

by Larry Brody

A quick note to let you know that my next 4 week long Master Class in TV & Film Writing (or maybe it’s the other way around, I keep forgetting) starts August 18th.

That class is filled now, at least on paper because you never know who is actually going to show up and who isn’t, even if they’ve paid. So if you’re interested in joining next time around – or after that – give me a holler at larrybrody@tvwriter.com and we’ll talk about it. read article

LB: Agentless but want to sell your work? Remember these 3 things

by LB

  1. Write for the marketplace, i.e. the gatekeepers (as opposed to the ultimate audience).
  2. Write about what you are best at writing about (as opposed to “writing what you know best).
  3. Of course, if you’re going to self-publish or make your own TV series, film, podcast, whatever, write for your talented self (as opposed to, you know, list item #1).