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Herbie J Pilato has a Message for Former NBC Pages
There’s a reunion coming up! Check it out!
Hoping to see a lot of old friends!
Herbie J Pilato: How “Star Trek: Next Gen” Changed Everything
by Herbie J Pilato
Before Star Trek: The Next Generation debuted in the fall of 1987, episodic TV shows had a beginning, middle and end; story-arcs over several episodes didn’t exist (beyond the daytime and primetime soaps), and “character development” was a periodic thing.
For the most part, there was only episodic TV shows, and there really was no such thing as a “procedural.”
What happened in that one-hour dramatic episode of yore (or even that half-hour episode comedic episode) stayed there, and did not continue on into any future episode, segment or storyline.
Herbie J Pilato: The best thing you can do for your career is to live your life.
by Herbie J Pilato
Attachment to anything is never a good thing.
One of my favorite quotes to this regard is from the genius spirit of Confucius who has said, “Lose expectation; gain everything.”
And this may be applied to every aspect of life…and career and how, for a writer, both intertwine moreso than for other professionals (or for anyone at any level of employment).
