by Larry Brody
The more things change, the more they stay the same. Yes, I know that’s a very cornball phrase, but unfortunately there isn’t much else to say.
In other words, I just received this email from the WGA:
Dear Members,
Category: The TV Biz
Is This the Beginning or the End…
“…my friend?”
This post works best when read while listening to the Doors classic, The End.
Fable Studio Plans Artificial Intelligence Streaming Platform
via hollywoodreporter.com
“Abbott Elementary”
I meant to say this right after the Emmys were announced but was distracted by real life. So I’ll say it now:
Abbott Elementary is the best comedy series currently on anybody’s “air.” It’s funny, and it’s important (without seeming self-important.) I really hope y’all have been watching it.
Danger! Danger! Writing Myths Ahead
What? We’re publishing important info on a Friday? Who’d a’thunk?
by Joni B. Cole
I’ve been leading writing workshops for over 20 years and am still gobsmacked by how stubbornly writers cling to certain myths that suck up a lot of emotional energy, and reinforce practices that undermine the creative process. If you buy into any of the myths below, let them go, and see how quickly you’ll write more, write better, and even be happier (because what writer isn’t happier when writing more and writing better).
1. The myth of the “real writer”
“I’m not a real writer.”
‘I just go into my head and enjoy it’: the people who can’t stop daydreaming
Here’s an excellent article on a syndrome that might as well simply be called “The Not So Secret Lives of Writers.” Read on and you’ll see what we mean.
by David Robson
Every day, Kyla* travels to a fictional universe with advanced space travel. It’s not real, of course – but an incredibly vivid daydream, centred on a protagonist with a detailed history. “It covers 79 years in the life of my main character,” she says. “I know how the whole thing plays out, and I can drop into it at whatever point I want to experience.”
Today, this habit is pure entertainment, which she limits to just an hour a day. “It’s like watching Netflix,” she says. “I just go into my head and enjoy it.” In the past, however, she had felt that her fantasies had become all-consuming. “There was a point where it was like an addiction.”