Category: Productivity

LB: Emmy Nominated Writers Discuss Their Work

by Larry Brody

If you’re a showbiz superfan but don’t want your friends to perceive you that way, one of the best ways to learn more about what’s happening in the biz – including current trends and attitudes et al – the best way to do that is to subscribe to The Los Angeles Times.

No, I’m not going to make a snarky comment about the Times and its obsessions (unless this sentence counts as one). Instead I’m recommending this insider view, published today, in which journalist Randee Dawn brings us what currently Emmy nominated writers have to say about their nominated episodes.

Here’s a peek. read article

LB: You Gotta Read This!

Yes, this pic is relevant. Read on and see why.

by Larry Brody

This morning as I drank my morning coffee (I’m off breakfast for awhile because why not?), I read one of the most moving essays I’ve seen in years. The essay, by Mark Evanier (surely you already know who Mark is), has nothing to do with writing or showbiz (well, a little about showbiz, you’ll see), but it tells a wonderful story about my favorite subject – LIFE.

Here’s how Mark’s story starts:

This time out, I’m going to tell the story of two of the best laughs I ever got in my life, one at age ten and one at twelve. They were both with the same joke and the person who laughed at it twice was my Uncle Aaron. He was a nice man — my father’s sister’s husband — who looked enough like Art Carney to be occasionally mistaken for him. read article

LB: It isn’t just who you know…

by Larry Brody

…It’s also how you write. I truly believe – and my decades (yikes!) of experience bear me out, that the best way to break into the Industry is to write a script so powerful nobody can say “No.”

Of course it’ll help if at that point you can give it to your buddy/spouse/person who owes you money who also is the head of a studio or network or agency. read article

LB: When is an ending NOT an ending?

by Larry Brody

…When it arrives in the middle of the story. Our friends at Script Reader Pro put it this way back in 2019:

 A great way to end your second act is to have your heroine finally get what she’s been wanting, only to then realize it isn’t what she needs, and then focusing in on what she actually needs to achieve, creating the climax of your story. read article

How to Get Your TV Show Idea on the Air #4

by Larry Brody

The fourth in a series of videos about what is for all practical purposes the most important thing to know in showbiz: How to sell your idea, your script, and yourself.

This is serious business indeed, but the process also is filled with fun and, yes, love.  So please sit back and click to learn, enjoy, and maybe even find your TV show Destiny by knowing more about WHAT EXECUTIVES WANT TO SEE IN A TV SERIES PITCH.

MORE TO COME