Film Making Doesn’t End with the Writer & Director

There are those – including our Beloved Leader, Larry Brody – who believe that cinematographers are every bit as responsible for the creative success of a film (or TV show) as writers and directors. Hmm, come to think of it, this TVWriter™ minion cant’ come up with the name of anybody in the biz who disagrees.

Here’s all you need to know about what Oscar winning cinematographers do and how they do it.

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Becoming a Better Storyteller, For Fun If Not Profit

Not writing because you don’t think you know enough about how it’s done to let yourself plunge into your storytelling future?

Read on and change your life.

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23 Common Phrases You Could Be Using Wrong

Grammarcheck.Net continues its battle against bad writing. Arm yourself by  taking a long and educational gander at this.

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Diana Black: Happiness amid Sorrow, Gloom and Mass Hysteria

by Diana Black

Death, oppression and panic invariably lead to gloom and depression – economic and personal.

Over the last 100 years or so, we’ve had WWI (1914), Spanish Influenza (1918), The Great Depression (1929), WWII (1939), Round One of the Corona viruses – SARS – CoV (2003), the GFC (2008) then Round Two – MERS – CoV (2012), and now Round Three – COVID -19… read article

There will be a time after this one

Nathan Bransford, one of TVWriter™’s favorite writers and writing consultants is here to reassure us.

by Nathan Bransford

It’s a ridiculously hard time to write. No one is feeling productive. Many people have been plunged into financial uncertainty and feel vulnerable to a virus that’s an invisible menace. read article