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How to Sell a TV Show to Netflix

Speaking of indie TV:

Amazon must love us. They're bringing us this new series: RESIDUE. ???
Amazon must love us. They’re bringing us this new series: RESIDUE. ???

by Liz Shannon Miller

While the spring of 2015 has been dominated by Netflix releasing high profile series after high profile series, “House of Cards,” “Bloodline” and “Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt” aren’t the only new shows available now for streaming.

“Residue,” created by John Harrison, premiered last week on Netflix with three 45 minute-long episodes. The genre series, starring “Game of Thrones” notables Natalie Tena and Iwan Rheon, tracks the aftermath of a devastating explosion on the city of London and the government conspiracy that might be concealing the truth. (Netflix users might expect to see it as a recommended pick if they’ve watched a lot of “The X-Files” or other genre programming.) read article

Larry Brody on What to Expect in Your First TV Staff Writing Job

diamond-pressureby Larry Brody

Yes, it’s true, I’m actually answering a question right here, online, after way too long an absence. Yep, this one was just too important – too damn relevant to the condition of TV writers everywhere – for me to duck it.

Big thanks to D.P, for writing:

Hey, LB, read article

Have You Been Reading Your “Daily Script?”

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Regular visitors to TVWriter™ (um, you’re a regular visitor, aren’t you? Huh? Huh?) know that posts about where to read successful (and maybe unsuccessful) professionally written TV and film scripts are always highly popular here.

So – and not just to attract page views but mainly to continue our visitors’ writing progress – we’re here to tell you today about a site recommended by one of our minions. read article

Peggy Bechko: You Write, You Edit

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by Peggy Bechko

I could stop right there with title, don’t you think? Doesn’t matter what you write; novels, articles, screenplays. If you write it you better edit it.

Why, you say, if the story is great and your writing passable? Well, mainly because passable doesn’t cut it these days.

Really. read article

Writing Terrific Characters for TV & Film

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Noted writing gurus Michael Hauge and Mark W. Travis talk about how to create characters…for over an hour so be prepared and take lotsa notes: