by John Hawthorne
Imagine you have an idea and need some funding. You go to a bank. Right? You might have a conversation like this:
“Hey, Bank Loan Officer, I’ve got a fantastic idea, but need cash to get it off the ground.”
“No.”
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How to Get a Job in the Film Industry Courtesy of ‘Little White Lies’
We’re always excited when we find another helpful website for TV writing and other showbiz noobs. This week we’ve been exploring lwlies.com, AKA Little White Lies, and it’s awesome.
The site has Reviews, Features, Podcasts, you-name-it. For example:
Peggy Bechko: Writers, Let’s Get to the Subtext!
by Peggy Bechko
If you’re a writer of any stripe at all, then you’ve heard about and/or considered subtext. For the rest of you the beginners, those in need of review, let’s talk.
For starters remember, characters you create are always doing something. They’re not just sets of talking heads. They do things. They do a log of things and they go through all sorts of drama common to the human condition. And, as live people, they don’t actually SAY most of what they mean, they express it in some way, thus the subtext.
TVWriter™ Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – January 22, 2018
Good morning!
Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:
Are You Ready for Stareable Fest 2018?
As regular visitors probably already know, one of TVWriter™’s favorite websites dedicated to helping creators of web series (and viewers of same) is Stareable.Com – conveniently located at (aw, you guessed it) https://stareable.com/
Stareable has helped thousands of independent filmmakers hone their craft, meet their peers, and get recognition through its discovery platform, online forum, and in-person meetups.