Self Publishing? Where?

Regular TVWriter™ visitors know that we think that contemporary self-publishing and its various platforms is the best thing to happen to literary life since…well, since the last best thing (which we’re pretty sure was before our time.)

So, for all those who have the courage and strength to write things that will actually be read instead of performed (OMFG! All those words!), we happily present this recent find:

How to decide where to publish your books when self-publishing
by Nathan Bransford

Once you’ve decided you want to pursue self-publishing, it’s helpful to make two important decisions as early as possible: read article

What is a Word?

At last! Our favorite etymologist, Arika Okrent, gets down to the nitty gritty. Here it is, the foundation for what to most writers is – our absolute true love:

How many of you are sitting there right now and scratching your heads? Yeah, us too.

Sigh… read article

Rejection. A Wilderness Guide for Writers

Mark Evanier, one of the biggest writing talents in TV, comic books, and blogging has been writing a series of articles on the bugaboo of all creative people, rejection. As he puts it:

This is a series of articles I’ve written about writing, specifically about the problems faced by (a) the new writer who isn’t selling enough work yet to make a living or () the older writer who isn’t selling as much as they used to. To read other installments, click here.

But before you click, why not try out this post, Part 23 in the series, for size: read article

How to Not Write a Boring Script

This video from Film Courage has caused a lot of discussion among the people who, you know, follow the excellent videos shown on YouTube by Film Courage. Watch and see what and why:

From TVWriter™’s perspective, this is Essential Knowledge, so basic that there’s no need for controversy.

But that’ll probably be a controversial view too. read article

Peggy Bechko on Writing: The End Goal of Writing Goals

by Peggy Bechko

Writing goals.

The very idea causes many (or is that most?) writers to shudder. Doesn’t matter if you’ve taken on some kind of ‘contest’ challenge to get a fixed number of words down on a page or if your goal is to just find the time to sit yourself down and get some writing done. read article