Good morning! Welcome to another week of TV (and other) writing and production tips at TVWriter™. Here’s a look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 7 days.
They are, in order:
On Being Exceptional
Stop Writing JOKES!
Writer-illustrator-vlogger-blogger, Stephanie Bourbon, has some helpful hints about characterization. Check ’em out right here.
Stop Writing JOKES (and focus on character)
by Stephanie Bourbon
I have a great blog today that will help you if you are writing any story that has characters—-so ALL of you!!
No Real Mentor in Your Life? Turn to Your Dream Mentors Instead!
Larry Brody’s first mentors were Emmy winner Bill Blinn, s-f great Harlan Ellison, and some crazy old bird named Gene Roddenberry. He got lucky and would be the first to tell you that.
But what if you don’t get so lucky? Who can a new writer turn to when their RL lets them down? Here’s one answer that’s pretty darn good.
How Does A Writer Know They Have The Right Idea?
Filmmaker Brian Avenet-Bradley is here to remove all our creative anxieties. (Now all this TVWriter™ minion has to worry about is my uncreative ones.)