Writers on Writing: Mark Twain

He should’ve been a TV writer:

Not the way we usually envision Sam Clemens but still, the way he once looked

To get the right word in the right place is a rare achievement. To condense the diffused light of a page of thought into the luminous flash of a single sentence, is worthy to rank as a prize composition just by itself…Anybody can have ideas–the difficulty is to express them without squandering a quire of paper on an idea that ought to be reduced to one glittering paragraph.
– Letter to Emeline Beach, 10 Feb 1868

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At Last, a Good Reason to Subscribe to Cinemax

It’s called HUNTED, created and written by Frank Spotnitz, (formerly of THE X-FILES), and it stars Melissa George.

Or, since it’s being made for BBC One, this is also a reason to move to the U.K. (Hell of a U-Haul trip, though.) read article

WILL & GRACE Creators Get Some Sh*t About Their New Show

…Which, kinda like WILL & GRACE, happens to be all about them, except now they’re both men. Well, the writers always have both been men, but now the characters are too. Only there’s this other show, see, created by somebody else they used to work with, that’s also all about them. Or else they’re all about it? Whatever.

‘Partners’ Co-Creators Talk About Putting Themselves in New CBS Comedy – by Michael O’Connell

Max Mutchnick and David Kohan explain how much of their own relationship informs their return to TV and why comparisons to similar series with the same name are “unfortunate.” read article

The Adventures of Jack Kirby & Ed Wood

Not a true life adventure! Totally made up! But a real video that will make any fanboy squee!

‘The King & The Worst’ – by TeamTVWriter Press Service

One of our minions sent us the URL to this astounding work. How he found it, we don’t know. Here’s what the YouTube entry has to say: read article

Top TVWriter™ Posts for the Week Ending 7/27


Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts for the week ending Friday, July 27th:

Sorkin to Newsroom Staff: “Buh-bye, Baby” read article