NOTE FROM LB
No Navajo Dog today. No showbiz. No philosophy or religion. Just a remembrance not of but from years gone by.
Mothers! Ya gotta love ’em, right? And they’ve gotta love you.
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TVWriter™ Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – November 13, 2017
Good morning! Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:
LB: First Thoughts on the PEOPLE’S PILOT 2017 Writing Competition Entries
Laura Conway on Web Series: Putting Together Your Crew
EDITOR’S NOTE: Here’s the fifth chapter in Laura Conway’s series on the making of her very, very, very popular – over 3 million views – interweb series hit The Vamps Next Door.
Assemble the Right Crew or Risk Major Mental Collapse (Oy!)
by Laura Conway
After casting is done, I assemble the crew. How big a crew varies depending on the budget. If you want to enjoy making your web series, hire the right crew or risk a major panic attack. I’ve tried it both ways. The way without the mental breakdown is best.
How to Feel Productive Without Being Productive
At last! A look at productivity that doesn’t just give writers what we need but goes way beyond that to what we want!
by Nick Douglas
Most people are interested in getting something done. But maybe you aren’t. Maybe you just want to feel productive, or efficient, or hard-working, without having to actually accomplish something. You can’t just start doing that. First you need to plan, and first you need to plan to plan.
Obsess About Tools
What do you need to get done? Well, check your to-do list. You have a to-do app, right? Theoretically, you could effectively manage your tasks with a notebook and a pen. But you don’t always have those handy, and you always have your phone handy, so you should handle your to-dos on your phone, so you should download a mobile to-do app, so first you should research mobile to-do apps.
John Ostrander: Forces for Change
by John Ostrander
By now, everyone has heard (or should have heard) about the sexual depredations of film producer Harvey Weinstein (and James Toback, Kevin Spacey and others of their ilk). This follows revelations of the sexual depredations of Roger Ailes and Bill O’Reilly (seriously, what can you do that commands a $32 million settlement?). And everyone in all the other walks of life who have been playing predator.
The constant refrain that has been heard is that this kind of stuff has been going on out in Hollywood since there has been a Hollywood. Among the reasons that there have been so few direct accusations is that all the predators have been powerful men who could really exact retribution. And the fact that the women speaking out would be shamed, discounted, and not believed. And they would literally never work in that town again.
That’s changed. Women are coming out in droves, speaking up, making themselves heard. Makes no mistake – Weinstein, Ailes, and O’Reilly were extremely powerful individuals. The women have spoken up anyway and it’s the men who have, justifiably, suffered.