Peggy Bechko: How to Doom Your Novel or Script

the-agony-of-defeat-trevor-batstoneby Peggy Bechko

Looking to Doom Your Novel or Script?

You laugh.

Ha ha. read article

Make Others Believe in You by Believing in Yourself

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Whether we call it self-confidence or self-delusion, creating an awareness of your self-worth and ability that you can share with others is certainly one of the keys to success in any field, especially any showbiz field, and that includes writing.

In the following video, AJ Jacobs has a fascinating approach to this process. It’s called “Method Acting,” and we don’t doubt for a minute that it works:

Top TVWriter™ Posts for the Week Ending 6/21/13

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Here they are, the most viewed TVWriter™ posts for the past week:

2013 People’s Pilot & Spec Scriptacular Update read article

Extra! From Matt Smith to All of Us!

Uh, Matt, we gotta talk about your hair, man...
Uh, Matt, we gotta talk about your hair, man…

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Want a TV Writing Job? Look No Further–

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Just as a lark – not cuz we need us a job, oh no, not us – we did a little googling to see what might be available on the interwebs in the way of television writing jobs, and guess what? We found us some.

And, unlike some TV writing gigs, which demand that the writer live in L.A., these are for peeps who want to live elsewhere. (Which is mainly why we’re forwarding them. Cuz we just spent a whole lotta time and effort moving into our shabby Burbank digs and can’t even think about going to, you know Minnesota or even Seattle. read article