More Sitcom Writers Who Are Making New Project Deals

According to The Hollywood Reporter, writers from FRASIER, PARTY DOWN, and UP ALL NIGHT just got pilot script orders from ABC.

Peter Huyk, formerly of FRASIER, got his order for a project about a family that moves from New York City to a small California town looking for a bigger life…only to find out that the new town is even more complex than the big city.

In keeping with the relocation theme, Erica Rivinoja of UP ALL NIGHT got a go on a script about a Mormon family moving to Las Vegas. read article

munchman: Chuck Lorre Wants to Do Drama Series Now

Close your eyes. Concentrate. Can you see it?

  • THE BIG BANG THEORY – Cult police procedural series
  • TWO AND A HALF MEN – Top-rated science fiction buddy show
  • GRACE UNDER FIRE – Under-appreciated tales of our forces in Iraq
  • DHARMA & GREG – Soul Channel fave about one man’s search for his destiny

In other words, the word on campus/around town/in L.A. is that Chuck Lorre, noted sitcom creator-writer-producer, largest money-maker at Warner Brothers TV, and mortal enemy of Charlie Sheen, has extended his Warner’s deal including “a component for feature films Lorre would write, develop and/or direct,” according to Deadline.Com.

As if that isn’t enough, Deadline.Com further adds that “Lorre also plans to expand his turf with forays into drama series and longform projects in addition to developing new comedy shows.” read article

Suffering From “Revision Fatigue?” Hang On, There’s Hope

Uh-oh, our headline sounds like a psoriasis cream ad, doesn’t it? The original writer said it better:

Revision Fatigue – by Jennifer R. Hubbard (writerjenn on livejournal.com)

There comes a point in the writing of every book where I become sick of the book. read article

LB: Peggy Bechko Writes About Writing

My friend, the novelist Peggy Bechko has one of the most helpful blogs for new writers on the web, especially writers of fiction. I apologize for not recommending it till now, but I let way too much time slide between my last visit and one I paid today.

Here’s a sample:

Writing, Writer & The Writer’s Life – by Peggy Bechko read article

How Come People Never Ask “Why are Kickstarter Projects so Bad?”

…After all, nobody’s shy about asking that question about TV. Well, if you’ve always wanted to know, we read the article below as addressing the Kickstarter even though it doesn’t directly come out with it. Instead, it just jumps at our faces like a, well, terrier:

Exclusive: Shawn Ryan in talks to revive Terriers via Kickstarte – by Peter White read article