George R.R. Martin and his GAME OF THRONES adaptors sure do. And now you too can learn the best ways of writing all those icky scenes of your characters croaking.
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Meet the showrunners: How did writers end up seizing the reins of British drama?
Boy, everybody’s discovering showrunners these days. Writers are the new auteurs!
Take that, French film buffs!
by Gerard Gilbert
Behind hit dramas such as Sherlock, Line of Duty and The White Queen is a new superbreed of TV executive. They create the idea, cajole the talent and control the money. But is the showrunner the presiding genius or a dictatorial micro-manager?
Peggy Bechko: Put It On Pause
Cartoon: CONFLICT IN LITERATURE
Cuz that’s what stories are all about, fellow writers – CONFLICT!!!
Peggy Bechko: Writers And Readers Understanding Who We Are
by Peggy Bechko
“We are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are. Sheep lice do not seem to share this longing, which is one reason why they write so little.”
Anne Lamott, author
Interesting thought, don’t you think? Nice to know sheep lice don’t write much. I don’t think they’d find a market anyway.
On the other hand that first bit, the statement that we are a species that needs and wants to understand who we are, that’s food for thought.