Tag: online TV writing workshop

Laura Conway on Web Series: Finding and Working with a Director

EDITOR’S NOTE: Here it is. The third chapter in Laura’s series on the making of her very, very, very popular – over 3 million views – interweb series hit The Vamps Next Door.

Man Up, Kid Cause This is Gonna Hurt…So Good
by Laura Conway

Deciding to make your script into a web series means it’s no longer just about you, it’s about a collaboration with others. If you’re controlling and obsessive over your writing like I am, let me warn you that the first time is going to hurt. (but no pain, no gain)

Before any casting is done, find a director because directors need to be a part of the casting process. Unless you’ve got experience directing, I don’t think you should direct your own episode. It’s harder than it looks. read article

Indie Video: DIY vs. Traditional Distribution

One of the brightest of hidden interweb treasures is Microbudget Film Lab’s series of videos covering all aspects of teeny budget filmmaking, both practical and creative. What a pleasure to have found this channel! And to share this examination asking (and letting you answer for yourself) this important and often intimidating question:

Is it better to try and get a distributor or sales agent – or to go it alone and use one of the many DIY distribution platforms?

And the answer is: read article

Web Series: ‘Bad Timing’

Back in 2015 we posted a short article on a new web series called Bad Timing and called it “fucking funny.” The reason that was all we said was that the series episodes spoke so well for themselves.

Now, Bad Timing Season 2 is up and running. And know what? It’s fucking funnier! read article

Cartoon: ‘LOOKING UP’

Our favorite artist/philosopher, Grant Snider,  tells us a true story about all that glitters:

More of Grant Snider’s sensitive perception at Incidental Comics, HERE read article

“Your Idea Will Never Be Ready”

A short lesson in productivity and the attitude you need to, you know, be productive. This TVWriter™ minion got a lot out of this…and the great image that accompanies it:

Image by David Mulder Found on LifeHacker

by Patrick Allan

A large source of my creative procrastination comes from this notion that my idea “just isn’t ready yet,” like it’s fruit ripening on a tree. But you know what? That’s bullshit.

I do creative writing in my free time—short stories, screenplays, TV pilots, poems, songs—but honestly, most of that writing is actually just me jotting down ideas of things I want to write in the future, “when I have time.” I tell myself that those ideas still need to get “fleshed out,” that they’re “percolating,” but really I’m hoping that I’ll have some sort of epiphany that will make the hard work easier. read article