Category: The TV Biz

‘Grace and Frankie’ are Back for Their Final Season

Today! Direct from our very own “Writing & Showbiz News” page (which got it via Deadline.Com), we here at TVWriter™ have learned that the first 4 episodes of the upcoming new season of Grace and Frankie have dropped on Netflix.

And just in the nick of time. If there’s one thing the pandemic has taught us, it’s to appreciate the kinds of problems the G and F characters face in every episode. You know the ones we mean – problems that can be solved by money. And Grace and Frankie and their families sure have a whole lotta money. read article

How to Get Your TV Show Idea on the Air #2

by Larry Brody

This is the second in a series of videos about what is for all practical purposes the most important thing to know in showbiz: How to sell your idea, your script, and yourself.

This is serious business indeed, but the process also is filled with fun and, yes, love.  So please sit back and click to learn, enjoy, and maybe even find your TV show Destiny by knowing more about WHAT EXECUTIVES WANT TO SEE IN A TV SERIES PITCH.

From the lovely peeps at FILM COURAGE

LB: We Can Be Heroes

by Larry Brody

I’ve said this more than a few times before, but repetition is the essence of great art. You know, like in rock and roll. And writing is my rock ‘n’ roll.

The good guys are the squeaky wheels, not the grease that hides them. Your writing should make a difference, and one of the best ways for that to happen is for it to BE DIFFERENT.

LB: Passive, Shmassive

Only 1 of these voices is active, but all 3 have great value.

by Larry Brody

What would happen if you used – gasp! – the passive voice in a sentence or two?

Good writing is about communication, not following “the rules.”

Worst case passive voice scenario: It doesn’t work so you do something you’ll have to do anyway. Namely, rewrite. read article

LB: Who’s Your Audience?

“If a tree falls in the forest….”

by Larry Brody

Regular visitors to TVWriter™ know I spend a lot of time (some may say too much) writing about gearing your work toward its intended audience. The reason for that is this variation of an old philosophical conundrum:

“If a teleplay, screenplay, novel, or short story is written but never read or viewed, does it really exist?”

In my younger, more ambitious days, the answer to this question was a quick and usually angry shout: “HELL %^#@ing NO!” read article