Cartoon: Writing for Hire

This cartoon has made the rounds of the interwebs so thoroughly, that we couldn’t find who to credit for it.

It wasn’t supposed to be about TV (or film writing) but simply about “business.” But since our business is creativity, Your Friendly Neighborhood Team TVWriter™ noticed more than just a few similarities to our Not Necessarily So Friendly Industry.

Or, as William Fordes once said, while working away as a writer and producer on Law & Order: “We get into this business seeing ourselves as muralists. We wake up to find we’re house painters.” read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #53 – “The Almighty Women of the Universe”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned.

Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B. read article

The Latest WGA-ATA Weekly Report

by Larry Brody

More lawsuits! More recriminations!

Looks like things are heating up in what seems to be turning into a fight to the finish between the Writers Guild of America and the Association of Talent Agents. (What does it say about the situation that I almost typed “Association of Travel Agents instead?)

Here’s the most recent communique from the Guild: read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – July 8, 2019

Happy Monday morning everybody!

Hope you’ve had a great weekend. Time now for TVWriter™’s latest look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the week ending yesterday. They are, in order: read article

Interview with Roald Dahl

Roald Dahl was a giant in the realm of what in his day definitely was not known as kidlit. This short film interview is worth watching on so many levels, not least of which is the glimpse to the essence of humanity it brings.

More interesting and enlightening video explorations from Carl Ashmore