Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in screenwriting during 2019. Winners will be honored at the 2020 Writers Guild Awards on Saturday, February 1, at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.
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1917, Written by Sam Mendes & Krysty Wilson-Cairns; Universal Pictures
Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™, starting with our long awaited (um, best not to ask by whom) look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during that wonderful year, 2019.
They are, in order:
Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™, starting with our latest look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last week.
They are, in order:
For some reason, we here at TVWriter™ love this article. Who’d a’thunk? (Keep reading and you’ll probably figure it out.)
Canceled due to studio politics, the Silver Surfer animated series is one of the more distinctive parts of the Marvel nineties TV canon. The 13 episode season, the first and only, ran from February 1998 to May 1998 on Fox Kids as part of the ongoing relationship Marvel had with Saban Entertainment. Unfortunately, mid-production of this show, the two companies parted ways, and this cartoon was one of the casualties.
One of TVWriter™’s favorite writers – and writing consultants – is here with a guide to storytelling that every single one of us needs to memorize (or maybe even worship?)
Not only do I find editing novels and helping authors achieve their vision incredibly meaningful, it’s such an interesting exercise because it forces you to think very deeply about storytelling.
It’s a wonderful challenge to be forced to articulate what’s working and not working in a story and, most importantly, why it’s not working.