7 Screenwriting Tips from – Oh, You Guessed! – Screenwriters

The mother and father of all showbiz trade maags, Variety.Com comes up with a winner for writers. In other words, this is about writing because that’s how we and our viewers win, yeah?

Here’s what Variety has to say about this vid: read article

Making a No Budget Film? Here’s What You Need to Know

Well, some of it anyway. (We don’t want to start over-promising this early in the year. Give us a couple of weeks, though, and then…hehehe:)

4 Solutions for No Budget Film Problems
by Rose Goldthorp

Never mind solutions: the challenge is where to begin with the problems. read article

Stareable Fest 2019 now open for submissions!

by TVWriter™ Press Service

“I’m inspired by how Stareable continues to find new ways to support and nurture the next generation of indie storytellers. I look forward to supporting their movement in building their community on both their platform and their festival“ – Bernie Su, 2-time Emmy-award winning web series creator and the keynote speaker from Stareable Fest 2018.

After the enormous success of the inaugural event, Stareable, the largest community of web series creators, is proud to announce its second annual Stareable Fest, now officially open for submissions. read article

This Year’s Writers Guild TV Awards Nominees

TVWriter™ Press Service

The Writers Guild of America West (WGAW) and the Writers Guild of America, East (WGAE) have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, new media, news, radio/audio, and promotional writing during 2018. Winners will be honored at the 2019 Writers Guild Awards on Sunday, February 17, 2019, at concurrent ceremonies in Los Angeles and New York City.

TVWriter™ congratulates everyone listed below. read article

Speaking of the Classic TV Preservation Society…

The latest update about what’s happening at the CTVPS:

=&0=&, the star of countless TV, film and stage productions, has joined our distinguished Board of Directors, which includes:  producer/director =&1=& (of The Ed Asner Family Center), marketing executive =&2=&, writer/producer/director =&3=&(of the Emmy-nominated documentary, “If You’re Not In the Obit, Eat Breakfast”), =&4=& (of Hofstra University), writer =&5=&(co-author of “My Days, Happy and Otherwise” by Marion Ross), creative designer =&6=&, entertainment historian =&7=&, author and humanitarian =&8=&, =&9=&(“The Brady Bunch”/”Gilligan’s Island”), =&10=& (“Legion”/”Dark Shadows”),=&11=&(creator of “Kung Fu”), disability advocate =&12=&, performance artist =&13=& (nephew of William Warfield), and theatrical producer/actor =&14=&. Gotta say it, kids – That’s one hell of a Board of Directors, even if it doesn’t include Elon Musk. read article