Nathan Bransford, TVWriter™’s favorite publishing know-it-all, gives us advice that most writers desperately need. This time around he talks about age, and, no, we don’t mean ageism. Start reading and you’ll see what we mean.
Authors often get into trouble when they’re writing books for children or adults and end up blending the two in an awkward way. I’m here to clear up confusion around the differences between children’s books and adult books.
Time now for us to face The Fear That Must Not Be Named. This is by far the best we’ve read this week.
Fear of failure makes sense. We’ve all experienced failure at some stage, realized it’s not great, and are worried about feeling like that again. But our brains are hard to please. Because in addition to the fear of failure, many people also experience a fear of success.
Though it may sound ridiculous, being afraid of succeeding is very real—although it’s not always obvious. In other words, you may be experiencing a fear of success and not realizing it (or are grouping it in with fear of failure). Ideally, we want to avoid these kinds of stresses and fears, so here are some tips for identifying and dealing with a fear of success.
The always entertaining Dominic Carter demonstrates his insight into characterization. Gather ’round the campfire, kids, and read….
I read a lot of screenplays from writers of all abilities and the one thing I often find these screenplays lack are credible character arcs.
YouTube sensation sWooZie shares his secret ingredient to creating exceptional content, developing content from Mars, and how your audience should be your street team. Panel includes Luke Kelly-Clyne (Showrunner and Executive Producer on Pop TV’s half-hour comedy series, “Hot Date”) and Dave Bernath (former General Manager of Comedy Central).
This TVWriter™ minion knows she can’t speak for you, but the headline above sure said volumes to me. Breathes there a soul so rare in the world of TVWriter™ visitors who hasn’t begun but not finished at least one book?
Of course not, which is why y’all need to read on….
