‘How to Publish a Book’

TVWriter™ favorite Nathan Bransford’s new book is out.

How to Publish a Book is a guide to something many of our visitors want to know more than just about anything else in the world (except perhaps how to get an agent), and accompanying it is Nathan’s explicit promise that if this volume doesn’t tell you everything you need to know, all you have to do is:

Reach out to me and I’ll do my best to help you out! read article

Stephanie Bourbon talks about NaNoWriMo

Our fave writer-illustrator-screenwriting-vlogger, Stephanie Bourbon, has a treat for us. Not one but two videos about everybody’s sort of favorite writing, um, “thing,” NaNoWriMo AKA National Novel Writing Month.

Didja know it’s a contest? This TVWriter™ minion didn’t. >sigh< read article

16 Boring Verbs & Words Writers Should Use Instead

Grammarcheck.Net has another invaluable infographic for writers everywhere. Because the absolutely last thing any of us should ever allow ourselves to be is…boring.

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Kelly Jo Brick: Takeaways from the Austin Film Festival & Screenwriting Conference

TVWriter.Com’s  Kelly Jo Brick was a panelist at the Austin Film Festival this year and returns to this very site bringing some of the insights she gathered while attending the event.

In the words of Larry Brody, “Welcome back, Kelly Jo! Boy, do we ever hope you’re going to stay.”

AFF Executive Director Barbara Morgan with screenwriters Shane Black (LETHAL WEAPON) and Scott Rosenberg (VENOM). Photo by: Arnold Wells

by Kelly Jo Brick

Every year the Austin Film Festival and Screenwriting Conference puts together a jam-packed event, filled with films, panels and parties as writers gather to celebrate a shared love for story. read article

20 Lazy Word Choices Writers Make

Grammarcheck.Net has another invaluable infographic for writers everywhere.

Try not to take its title too seriously. (In other words, don’t make the same mistake some of the minions here at TVWriter™ did, okay?) read article