Writerly cartoon of the day:
This one’s dedicated to all our comedy writing friends…and the parents of teenagers everywhere. (Gotta love these first world problems.)
From the Cable Graveyard to Netflix Darling: Something Amazing Happened to ‘YOU’
by Rick Drew
Love it or loathe it, YOU, the series that drew little attention when the dark anti-hero thriller/romance first aired on the Lifetime network, has become a viral hit after re-premiering on Netflix in December of 2018.
The modest ten-episode series that barely reached a viewership of 600,000 in its initial broadcast hit the 40,000,000 mark when it landed on the international streaming service.
The Founder of The Black List Speaks
Did Franklin Leonard start a revolution when he created The Black List blog? Opinion on that may be divided, but the site definitely opened a whole new world of opportunity for new screen and TV writers, for which we at TVWriter™ are grateful.
Here’s a look into how it began:
Meet Herbie J Pilato at Book Soup
TVWriter™’s very own man about town, Mr. Herbie J Pilato his very self (as our blogging hero, Keith Telly Topping, would say) is looking forward to meeting y’all at his next Los Angeles book signing.
With MARY: THE MARY TYLER MOORE STORY, Herbie J offers the first full-scale, objective, and detailed biography of the actress best known from The Dick Van Dyke Show and The Mary Tyler Moore Show.
What Buyer & Agent Types Do Want from Writers
About 10 weeks ago, TVWriter™ ran a piece we called “What Buyer & Agent Types Don’t Want from Writers. Today we’re going to take the positive approach because what good or “don’ts” if you don’t have some “dos.” So without further ado (or even adah):
by Lucy V Hay
Wanted: Great Stories & Fresh Voices
What we all want is a ‘good story, well told’. That’s a given. But what does this really mean? In part 2 of my expert panel this week, I asked the industry pros a second question …