Why We Write

Late Night Thought – Psych up or Psych out?

The good guys are the squeaky wheels, not the grease that hides them. Your writing can & should make a difference.

What’s all this Talk about ‘Productivity?’

Heard in the TVWriter™ Online Writers Room

“Productivity” doesn’t mean regarding your writing as a product. It means being as sublimely creative as you can.

That’s our story and we’re sticking to it. No matter what.

Nathan Bransford: Don’t step on your surprises

When Nathan Bransford offers advice, we listen. In case you’re wondering why, here he is with the kind of writing wisdom you don’t find just anywhere.


by Nathan Bransford

Crafting good mysteries is an important part of the novel writing process, no matter the genre. Mysteries pull the reader through the novel, they build anticipation and suspense, and they often result in the most satisfying payoffs for the reader. read article

munchman: Top TV Writing – and Viewing – Cartoons of, erm, Recent Weeks

And they’re both from Man Martin’s Man Overboard web comic strip

Hey, what else can your friendly neighborhood el munchador say? Artists get the audiences they deserve. AmIright?

Herbie J Pilato on the show ‘Julia’ and its star Diahann Carroll

Julia was a masterful series and a ground-breaker of major importance. Herbie J tells us why.

Julia Set the Standard
by Herbie J Pilato

Julia literally changed the face of television with a series of firsts.

It was the first TV series to feature a non-stereotypical African-American, specifically, a sophisticated African-American female, in the lead of a 30-minute comedy or a one-hour drama. It was also the first show to combine those genres, becoming an inaugural weekly half-hour dramedy, filmed with a single camera, without a live studio audience, or a laugh track. read article