LB: “The Burgeoning New Market for Screenwriters

by Larry Brody

Wiley Miller and his daily comic strip, Non Sequitur, do it again.

As we say in the Land of High Concept: Why the !@#! didn’t I think of this? via GoComics.Com

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LB: A Personal Development or 2 in Cord Cutting

by Larry Brody

Yesterday we linked to a video from one of our regular contributors, Cord Cutters News, which covered the latest developments in – aw, you guessed it – cord cutting.

Today the Brody family has its own developments to announce. Without further ado: read article

LB: Time for a few words about ’70s teen idol Bobby Sherman

by Larry Brody

I’m pretty stoked about this news.amomama.com profile of Bobby Sherman for two reasons.

  1. Bobby was the big breakout star from the TV series Here Come the Brides, which was the show that gave me my first TV writing assignment. Which means that of course it was a great series. I mean, look how good their writing judgment was!
  2. The article actually quotes me. Proving this site also has excellent judgment regarding writers.

Here’s my bit: read article

10 Common Grammar Rules You’re Probably Messing Up All the Time

You read that right, fellow writers and readers and other human beings. You – make that we – have been breaking grammar rules right and left forever, and Lifehacker.Com isn’t letting us get away with it any longer.

Woah!

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LB: ‘Big Fish,’ Steven Seagal, and Emotional Truth

by Larry Brody

Everything I say is emotionally true.

The other night at a meeting in the TVWriter™ Online (that means Zoom) Writers Room, I was reminded that yes, the statement above is one yours truly often has made, but its first public appearance probably was in a press release from a representative of a guy named Steven Seagal. read article