Story and plot are the same thing, see, except when they aren’t. Hmm, sounds like somebody needs to clarify that, so why not the maker of this little video, i.e., “Frustrated Jacob” hisself?
The Importance of ‘Breaking Bad’ for Writers
Walter White could well be one of the most important characters in the history of television, and Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan one of the medium’s most important writers.
Not so much because “they” invented anything new but because the popularity of the series has meant that its techniques have become indelibly stamped into the brains of new writers, leaving their imprint on just about every new show of TV’s current “Golden Age.”
Give that a think while you read on:
The Bricks of Breaking in: Sal Calleros on Mentorship
Former TVWriter™ Contributing Editor Kelly Jo Brick is writing for FinalDraft.Com now, but every once in awhile we get lucky and spot something she’s done there that has extra value for our visitors.
Such is the case with this interview of Sal Calleros, a former TVWriter™ Spec Scriptacular Competition Finalist and now co-executive producer of a delightful little show called The Good Doctor:
by Kelly Jo Brick
Mentorship can be vital to a writer looking to break into the industry, but finding a mentor and building a relationship with that person can be challenging.
WGAW Report on 2017-18 TV Staffing Season Looks Grim
There’s more going on in TV and film writer land than the WGA getting tough with literary agents who package their own TV shows. There’s also this interesting study about the state of employment diversity for Hollywood writers:
Writers Guild of America West Issues Inclusion Report Card for 2017-18 TV Staffing Season
via WGAW
As part of its ongoing efforts to call attention to discrimination and promote diversity in the entertainment industry, the Writers Guild of America West has released its first Inclusion Report Card for the 2017-18 TV staffing season.
Buh-Bye Woodstock 50th Anniversary Festival
Some things just aren’t meant to be. Today’s case in point – Woodstock 50, an attempt to recreate the magic of the original Woodstock Music Festival of 1969, on which promoters claim to already have spent $30,000,000 (wtf?!) has been cancelled.
Did somebody really believe that The Killers, Dead and Co, Imagine Dragons, Jay-Z, Miley Cyrus, The Lumineers, Chance the Rapper, Sturgill Simpson, Halsey, Cage the Elephant, and other far from legendary contemporary acts would match the impact of Richie Havens, Ravi Shankar Arlo Guthrie, Joan Baez, Santana Grateful Dead, Creedence Clearwater Revival, Janis Joplin, Sly and the Family Stone, The Who, Jefferson Airplane, and on and on and on?
In the end, good sense and a desire to maintain the value of the Woodstock Brand (really? there’s a Woodstock fucking brand?) prevailed. As the organizers, Dentsu Aegis Network, put it, “We don’t believe the production of the festival can be executed as an event worthy of the Woodstock Brand name.”