Peer Production: PARAPHERNALIA

paraphernalia short film

Having trouble getting your foot in the TV (or film) writing door? Yeah, it’s rough out there, we know.

Over the years TVWriter™ has seen new creators win and also seen ’em, well, drop out. (We’d never say “lose.”) And we’ve seen new creators find satisfaction just by doing, by creating their own films and bringing them to an audience w/o having to kowtow to the Old Media TV and film doorkeepers. read article

The Doctor Puppet’s 1st Appearance in 2013

Doctor Puppet Stonehenge New Year's
The Doctor Puppet’s Tumblr Page

Uh-oh, hope he loves us even if we aren’t on Tumblr. After all, we love him.

Erm, kinda, in a manly sorta way. You know how it is.

And we love Stonehenge almost as much. read article

Peer Production: A Video About Boredom That Isn’t At All Boring Itself

ETA video

We didn’t think it was possible. Then, while strolling through Vimeo, we spotted this:

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12 Ways to Kick-Start Your Writing

If there’s one thing new writers love, it’s articles about getting their reluctant/fearful/who-the-hell knows selves to actually write. Charlotte Rains Dixon, doyenne of writer-advisors, offers her take on how we can all kick ourselves in the pants:

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by Charlotte Rains Dixon (wordstrumpet.com)

We are writers. read article

Childhood Fantasies vs. Adult Fantasies

Our thanks to Zach Weiner. (Wonder if his fantasies include appearing here on TVWriter™?)

Adult-vs-Childhood-fantasies

This could be too true to contemplate. We’ll take childhood any time.