40 years worth of TV writing experience and info, yours for the taking.
I have made no secret of how proud I am of my web series, Brains (2 complete seasons plus extended universe projects online now!) or my friend Chris’s web series, Relativity (complete miniseries online now!), which I produced. But the thing about making films or series, particularly in the independent sphere, is that no one cares without them laurels.
These are laurels:
This is a good, solid breakdown of useful info for fledgling TV writers. Especially for those who haven’t yet read TVWriter™’s own Writers’ Bulletins and The Basics of TV Writing right here on this site.
Oh hell, read ’em all! Learn everything you can! And then don’t forget, ahem, THIS.
Anyway:
Every once in awhile even the old-timers get something right. Case in point, this infographic from Reedsy via Writer’s Digest. Anyone out there who hasn’t spent time learning a ton from that Grande Dame of writers’ mags (and websites)?
Find out more about crafting dynamic characters at reedsy.com/dynamic-character.
Okay, writers. I know I usually write about writing but today I’m going to write about food – food that’s good for your brain in particular. We’re all writers – we love our brains and want to take good care of them, right?
I thought so.
Every once in a while I need to smack myself upside the head. (I’m pretty sure other people think I should do this more often than I do, but bear with me.)
This morning I was about to do the laundry (I do the laundry in my house because I’m a Woke Husband; the fact I’m also hopelessly OCD about how the laundry should be done has nothing to do with it) when I discovered that our housekeeper had left some rags in the washing machine several days earlier without telling me, and now they smelled of mildew. I was annoyed and started to complain about it to my miraculously tolerant wife Laura when I paused and mentally smacked myself upside the head.