Don’t think of it as ‘revising.’ It’s ‘reinvisioning.’ Of course!

NOTE FROM LB: Those who know me know how crazy having to do revisions makes me. Or rather, “made me.” It’s different now because this:

Revision – Embracing Change
by Andrea Custer

After years of creating the puzzle, making sure all the pieces fit perfectly, it became time to embrace the unthinkable: Throw out a third of the pieces, and reorder the rest into the same story, only different. read article

Why being a writer is even more special than you think

We love the opening of this piece from Seth Godin’s brilliant blog. And the rest is just about as feelgood as a written work about writing can be. Keep reading and you’ll see what we mean:

Even if it’s not graduation week for you…
by Seth Godin

Even if it’s not graduation week for you… read article

Yo, Screenwriters! Ready to “Write Your Bills Away?”

SoCreate, a new screenwriting site based in San Luis Obispo, CA, with a website addy that kind of implies it’s in Italy, is “working on a new way for people of all ages to transform their amazing stories into scripts.”

We aren’t clear on what this new way is because the site itself doesn’t say much more than that…oh, and also “We’re Hiring!” which is something we always like to read or hear, but theannouncement below definitely has gotten our attention. read article

Cartoons: 3 More Cartoons About Writers That No Writer Should Be Without

Found on the interwebs. As in all over the interwebs. Which, just between us, seems like a very good sign.

Could being a writer finally be…cool?

Happy Writerly Wednesday! read article

How Much Should Your Development Deal Pay?

A letter from the Writers Guild of America West, relevant to all TV writers,  whether Guild members or not, especially in this do-it-yourself-cuz-the-agents-don’t-seem-to-get-it-time: