The Journey to My Sixth Feature Started with TVWriter.Com

Hard-working – and very talented – producer/writer/director Matt Wilson has a tale to tell about his latest film (and an “Aw Shucks” mention about TVWriter.Com) Enjoy!

By Matthew Wilson

The first industry recognition I ever received came in 2001 when Larry

(Two of the leads in Matt Wilson’s Christmas film…and Matt’s hand)

Brody read and liked some of my animation sample scripts that I sent to TVWriter.com. This set me on a course to eventually meeting animation producers and getting hired to write for Krypto: The Superdog. My first big break. read article

Time for a writerly comic or two

Found at GoComics.Com.

by LB

Oh, and here’s a quote from one of my favorite network execs. (Okay, not so favorite an exec because he did indeed drive me crazily into the arms of a little pill called Xanax, but definitely a valued friend): read article

Does An Unreliable Narrator Need To Be an Asshole?

LB’s NOTE: Charlie Jane Anders is a TVWriter.Com favorite. I’m really hoping she doesn’t sue me for sharing this. In other words, Sit back and enjoy yourself as a really, really, really fine writer gives away one of her biggest secrets about – guess what –  writing.

Charlie Jane says, “Please enjoy this photo I took of a local high school here in San Francisco with a pointy beard guy saying LITERATURE”

by Charlie Jane Anders

Narrators! You can’t rely on them these days. They always let you down, even the ones who have five stars on Yelp. One time, I hired a narrator to move a sofa and they claimed they brought it to my house, but it was actually five blocks away. Freaking narrators.

You’ve probably heard, or even used, the phrase “unreliable narrator.” But what is an unreliable narrator, and why do we keep them around even though they let us down constantly? read article

The WGA Strike That Almost Was…

by Larry Brody

Almost no one ever heard about this, and now it’s all over, “except for the shouting.”

Dear Members:

We are pleased to announce that Writers Guild of America members at PBS have reached a tentative agreement with management at PBS member stations WGBH, THIRTEEN and PBS SoCal. read article

The Beat Goes On

by Larry Brody

Hmm, shit just got real. Today’s email from the WGA:

Dear Member,

On Monday, we notified you that WGA writers at PBS member stations authorized a strike if management does not agree to a fair new deal before the current WGA-Public Television Freelance Agreement expires at 8:59 p.m. Pacific Time / 11:59 p.m. Eastern Time on November 21, 2024. read article