Category: Resources

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Peggy Bechko: Writing Tips From One of TVWriter™’s Favorite Writers

My good friend Larry Brody, head honcho here at TVWriter™ seems to think my input on writing might be a welcome thing – so I’m happy to oblige.

I think as writers we all hear a lot of ‘tips’. How to do this, that and the other. You know, kind of nuts and bolts sort of thing. I also believe writers get a lot of that basic advice everywhere, so I think I’ll take a different direction and use broader strokes. We’re going to skip the grammar, punctuation, spelling thing and hit on other topics. I mean, English is the basic tool of communication. I hope you’ve learned it. If you haven’t, then do it. Lots of classes and information online and at local community colleges. Enough said on that subject.

So what am I going to talk about here in the way of tips? read article

Do You Watch TV by TV’s Schedule…Or Your Own?

This writer poses an interesting question, but we think it answers itself. Yep, we’re crazy about “anecdotal evidence.” Studies, stats, “research,” that, you know, just gets in TVWriter™ ‘s way:

Are TV Time Slots Now Completely Irrelevant? – by Josef Adalian read article

Advanced Studies in Collaborative Endeavors

Whether you’re working with a team to make your new web series happen, producing a short pilot for a website like Channel 101, or just writing a script with a fellow screenwriter, there is collaborative technology out in the world that is designed to make your multi-person workflow easier.

I dipped my toes in the sea of collaboration when working in theatre first, where the writer relationship to the process is much more hands on. However, the trend in the industry lately seems to feature writers that cross titles: writer-directors, writer-actors, writer-director-actor-producer: whatever dual or triple or quadruple roles are available, there is someone willing to wear those hats (and that’s a lot of hats).

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Need a Foolproof Way to Create a New Series? Here It Is!

We know this works. Glen Larson created 30+ successful shows using a variation of this very same method:

The 25 Magic Words Of American Television – by Linda Holmes (NPR Blogs)
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Afraid of Pitching? Hey, Aren’t We All?

Moviebytes.Com is one of our favorite web sites. Lotsa info on contests and such. But did you know they also have, like, some solid info about the writing-to-sell process? We didn’t either. But this makes us glad we found out:

Quit Bitching,Start Pitching – by Joey Tuccio read article