Filmmaker Brian Avenet-Bradley is here to remove all our creative anxieties. (Now all this TVWriter™ minion has to worry about is my uncreative ones.)
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Is publishing finally changing for real this time?
Nathan Bransford, one of TVWriter™’s favorite writers and writing consultants speaks his mind about the latest developments in publishing. (You know, that part of the writing biz where our work is said to be “by Your Name Here” instead of merely “Written by Your Name Here.”)
by Nathan Bransford
Could the publishing industry finally be changing? For real this time?
Book Sales are Up
Nathan Bransford, one of TVWriter™’s favorite writers and writing consultants is here to talk about last week’s good news in the world of book publishing, mainly that – hallelujah! – book sales are up!
by Nathan Bransford
It’s not all doom and gloom out there in book land. Amid the pandemic and , per Jane Friedman book sales in 2020 are poised to be one of the best years in recent memory, with children’s books a particular bright spot.
Stephanie Bourbon on How to Craft A Great Ending
One of our fave writer-illustrator-screenwriting-vloggers, Stephanie Bourbon, modestly informs us of something we’ve all been, um, dying – metaphorically only, please! – to know:
by Stephanie Bourbon
Hello, Dear Writers!
How Much Creative Control Does a Screenwriter Have?
The subtitle of this excellent article on the power – and lack thereof – of screenwriters is “3 things you need to know about the screenwriter’s relationship to the filmmaking process,” and believe us when we say the word “need” is right on the money.
by Lauren McGrail with the Lights Film School Team
“A reader experiences a novelist’s work directly. An audience experiences a screenwriter’s work through someone else’s lens.”
Throughout my years as a script reader and while working as Lights Film School’s screenwriting instructor, I’ve spoken with many screenwriters and students who share the same apprehension about the filmmaking process: