TVWriter™’s all-time favorite artist/philosopher, Grant Snider, looks into the hearts of writers everywhere.
This comic appears in the NY Times Book Review.
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Ray Manzarak Talks About ‘Riders on the Storm’
We could justify posting this video of The Doors’ keyboard player and co-writer of most of their songs by saying, “Hey! Watch and listen, kids! There’s a hell of a story in what’s being said and played here!”
But instead we’re just going to say, “We love this goddamn song! Enjoy!”
Book Review: Brevity for Fun & Profit
Behold the mantra of TVWriter™’s fearless (feckless?) leader, Larry Brody:
“Could be shorter. Could be cleverer. Could be tenser.”
Okay, so the rhythm there isn’t quite perfect, but the thought behind what LB says is true. Brevity sells. And if you want a crash course in how to achieve it, we’ve found just the book for you to see.
Herbie J Pilato’s TV Academy Profile in Courage
by Herbie J Pilato
Actress Eileen Grubba—physically disabled since childhood, and an advocate for Performers with Disability (PWD)—has always beaten the odds.
A few months before her 5th birthday, Grubba was paralyzed from the waist down. Doctors didn’t think she would make it, and when she did, they predicted she would never walk again. But she prevailed again.
Vince Staskel, also an advocate for PWD, was born with cerebral palsy and is a friend and colleague to Grubba. He says Grubba “forced herself to walk through sheer will, and it took a lifetime of effort to keep her walking.”