Tag: online TV writing workshop

TVWriter™ Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – June 5, 2017

Time for TVWriter™’s  Monday look at our 5 most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:

Looking for TV Pilot Scripts? read article

Yes, Kids, There Really are TV Writers in New York City

This is very, very cool:

The first Made in NY Writers Room Fellows

City Agencies, WGA East Announce Inaugural ‘Made In NY Writers Room’ Fellows

The inaugural Made in NY Writers Room fellowship class was announced today, marking a major milestone in an innovative program to develop diverse writing talent in New York City’s entertainment industry. The twelve fellows – whose scripts for television pilot episodes were selected from a competitive pool of nearly 500 entries – will each be paired with a mentor to develop a work plan to get their submitted pilot pitch-ready. As part of the six-month fellowship, they will also have the opportunity to attend a variety of professional development events and workshops.

The mentors include Oscar-nominated and Emmy Award-winning writers Richard LaGravenese (The Divide), Brian Koppelman & David Levien (Billions), Anya Epstein (In Treatment), Beau Willimon (House of Cards), Robert Carlock (Unbreakable Kimmy Schmidt), Michael Rauch (Royal Pains), Julie Rottenberg & Elisa Zuritsky (Odd Mom Out), Matt Williams (Roseanne), Lee Daniels (Empire), Jonathan Tropper (Banshee), Norman Steinberg (Cosby) and Julie Klausner (Difficult People). read article

Basic English

Something all writers in the U.S. of A. need to know. (And you thought that our current vocab habits were Facebook’s fault, right? C’mon, admit it.)

Anyway:

This video and more like it made possible by Arika Okrent

Cartoon: ‘Cogito Ergo Sum’

Grant Snider’s insights are always right on the mark. We’ve never known a writer who didn’t feel this way.

There’s lots more just like this (well not exactly, but you know what we mean, hey?) in Grant’s new book, HERE read article

Diana Vacc sees ABC’s Dirty Dancing

by Diana Vaccarelli

Let’s play Spot the Embarrassment…hint, it’s the source of the pic on the right

May 24, 2017 will go down in history for sure – as a day of genuine showbiz infamy. On that date, ABC released a remake of the 1987 classic film of female coming of age Dirty Dancing, with catastrophic results for all involved.

THE GOOD: read article