Regular visitors to TVWriter™ know I spend a lot of time (some may say too much) writing about gearing your work toward its intended audience. The reason for that is this variation of an old philosophical conundrum:
“If a teleplay, screenplay, novel, or short story is written but never read or viewed, does it really exist?”
In my younger, more ambitious days, the answer to this question was a quick and usually angry shout: “HELL %^#@ing NO!”
This time around, our favorite cartoonist-philosopher, Grant Snider, talks about an affliction common not only among writers but also other creatives, and, for that matter, just about everyone. And guess what – he’s got a cure.
More of Grant Snider’s sensitive perception of humanity and creativity at Incidental Comics, HERE
Tips for rewriting scripts come in all flavors. Yer friendly neighborhood munchenstein likes chocolate best, but here’s some pretty darn good-tasting vanilla.
via Film Independent (gotta love anything with the word “independent” in its name, amiright? Huh?
A hell of a lot of people I know write at Starbucks. They drive, bicycle, even walk to their comfort zone there.
Also, a hell of a lot of people I know don’t write at Starbucks. Some drive, bicycle, and even walk to their comfy offices wherever they may be.
All the “Writing & Showbiz News” you can eat. It’s one of our favorites, and it changes every 2 hours. All day. All night.
What you see above is how it looked as we wrote this. Unless you’re an early bird it’s changed by now.