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You Call it “Developing” – These Doods Call it “Winning”

Way back in last November, The Hollywood Reporter, um, reported on the most successful TV producer/salesmen of the year 2011. Although both the year and their numbers of projects have changed since then, this is still very much the “A” group. The folks who can make or break you.

We present these kingpins now with one Very Important Bit O’Advice: Just reading about ’em ain’t enough. You need to find a way to say hello to:

Peter Chernin-Mark Gordon-Brian Grazer

10 Biggest Winners of TV Development Season – by Lacey Rose, Lesley Goldberg read article

Characters aren’t the Only Ones Who Need Conflict

…Creators do too. Alex Epstein has a solid handle on it:

Creative Conflict – by Alex Epstein (ComplicationsEnsue Blog) read article

Vince Gilligan on How the BREAKING BAD Writers Do It

Like this, kids:

Breaking Bad’s Vince Gilligan: Yep, Walter White Is Now Just a Jerk – by Denise Martin read article

My Journey into Indie Publishing

By Christiana Miller

(EDITED BY LB TO ADD: Christiana Miller is the only human being, living or otherwise, who has placed first in both the PEOPLE’S PILOT and the SPEC SCRIPTACULAR contests – in the same year. I’m so proud of her I’m not even jealous of her current success. Well, hardly jealous anyway.) read article

munchman: Why My Grampa Used to Say, “Your Best Weapon is Your Brain”

Imagine – the old dood said that and we’re not even Jewish! Or Chinese! (Whoa, sorry. This isn’t a good environment for jokes based on ethnic stereotypes, is it?)

Black belts’ white matter shows how a powerful punch comes from the brain (UCLA News) read article