Tag: Larry Brody

Extra! Next TVWriter™ Advanced Workshop Starts May 15th

…And the last time we looked there were 3 places left.

Beautiful Campus - But Not Ours. Ours is Virtual. And a Lot Less Expensive.
Beautiful Campus – But Not Ours. Ours is Virtual. All the Comforts of Home.

The TVWriter™ Advanced Online TV and Film Writing Workshop is for writers who know the primary elements of script writing – format, story structure, basic characterization – and are now ready to plunge into their own teleplay or screenplay.

This is a 4 week class that meets in our Audio-Video Chat Room on Wednesday evenings. Under the guidance of Our Beloved Boss, Larry Brody, participants (and of course LB) read and comment on each other’s pages in the traditional writers workshop way…except that LB has hella more experience than just about any other workshop leader out there. read article

LB: My Foray into Teaching College Screenwriting

Glad You Asked Department 5/06/13

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Last week I answered the not-so-musical question, “Should I go to grad school or to L.A.?”

And, yes, if you’re considering either of those two options in terms of a career in television writing I do think you should read that post. read article

LB: Everyone Should be Reading Gerry Conway’s Blog

…And he should be writing a lot more on it too.

Gerry is one of the Kings of TV and film and comic book writing and also one of my longest-lasting and closest friends. We met almost 50 years ago at Harlan Ellison’s house, when we were both, um, kids. I went on to do what I’ve done, and Gerry did his thing at least as well. We’ve always stayed close. This post in his blog last week shows a few of the reasons why:

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Gerry created the Punisher but not exactly in his own image

Writing for a living is Hard, and other Obvious Observations
by Gerry Conway

I’m one very lucky son of a bitch. read article

LB: MY STRANGE GRANDFATHER

Strange Grandfather

This short film from Dina Velikovskaya and the Russian State University of Cinematography really got to me.

Mainly I realized that it’s probably how my grandkids see me. read article

The Two Stages of a Hollywood Soul-Crushing

io9 strikes again!

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by Daniel Wilson

I remember it clearly. I’m twenty-six years old, pacing around on the phone outside an Ethiopian restaurant in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. I’m trying to figure out who the guy is on the other end of the line in a polite way, and also to determine exactly how he is trying to scam me. He says that he is my film agent and that Paramount has offered to buy the rights to my book How to Survive a Robot Uprising. A mid five-figure check is coming my way as soon as I say yes. That’s more money than I’ve ever laid hands on in my life. Also, I didn’t know I had a film agent. read article