Memorial Day
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Category: Opinion
What Happened to John Carpenter’s GHOSTS OF MARS?
“John Carpenter is huge to me for many reasons, three of which are ‘They Live,’ ‘Christine,’ and the fact that he lived only one block away from me on Wonderland Avenue back when residing in Laurel Canyon was cool.” Larry Brody
Writer-Director John Carpenter has been a cult fave for 5 decades, and deservedly so. Even our Beloved Leader Larry Brody is a fan.
Re-Thinking Writer’s Block
Rethinking – yet again – that lively condition/situation/happenstance known near and far as Writer’s Block (or Writers’ Block, or Writers Block) because, hey, it beats trying to write, yeah?
by Will Dowd
Writer’s block is a serious disease. Whether it manifests as blank page syndrome or second novel disorder, the onset of symptoms is the same: an arthritic cramp in the creative faculty, a feverish spike of self-consciousness, and a peculiar amnesia that leaves the writer wondering how he or she ever managed to compose a single sentence.
What is Bad Writing?
Lifehacker.Com brings us a fun little article that takes an entertaining and educational look at “3 Successful Writers Stephen King Can’t Stand.”
This is gonna be good:
by Melissa Thompson
We all have our own list of favorite authors. Some we have decided to keep a secret because we’re afraid of the judgment we’ll face if we say their names out loud. While your friends are making fun of people who read romance novels or light summer reads, you want to raise your hand and say, “HEY! That’s me! I read those! At least I’m reading, you jerks!” And that’s just it—at least you are reading.
“…Even to mock cinema is to celebrate it.”
With the words we used in the title above, a masterful YouTube short film, The Soul of Cinema, gives expression to how we at TVWriter™ feel about not only film, but TV as well.
For an illuminating view of visual communication at its best, worst, and in-between, we suggest y’all click below: