Category: Resources

40 years worth of TV writing experience and info, yours for the taking.

A Terry Gilliam Treasure Trove

We could have just listed this blog by Terry Gilliam’s daughter in our Links, but it deserves so much more:

“Discovering Dad” aka delving into Terry Gilliam’s personal archive (@hollydubois) read article

And Now, Some Good Words About Rewriting

We don’t know Jay McKinnon, but we’re rooting for him, thanks to this:

Batman Begins A Screenwriting Rewrite, by Jason McKinnon

I was channel surfing the other day and I stopped the second I spotted The Dark Knight. One of my favorite movies of all time… read article

What’s Holding Back Your Career?

So far, everything TVWriter™ has posted about improving creativity/concentration and increasing chances for success (as a writer or just about anything else) has had all the impact the MPAA has stopping movie downloads, but we’re not giving up. (Because all the articles say not to, dammit.)

How to hack the beliefs that are holding you back
by Daniel Tenner

We all have beliefs that are holding us back. Sometimes we’re aware of them, sometimes not. read article

LB: Actors Have Feelings Too

by Larry Brody

Actually, actors have Very Deep Feelings, so much deeper than those of writers that we can’t possibly fathom what’s going on. Yes, years of experience being overwhelmed by the stars and not-stars I’ve worked with have taught me this. Which is why the following makes me so sad:

Rachel Ward Reveals She Left Acting After Bad Reviews for ‘Thornbirds’
by Marisa Guthrie (The Hollywood Reporter)

Rachel Ward — who starred in the wildly popular 1983 miniseries The Thornbirds with Richard Chamberlain — appeared at the semi-annual Television Critics Association press tour Sunday and admitted that it was the critics that drove her out of acting. read article