Oh those crazy, zany pitch sessions. Right?
You be the judge.
NOTE FROM LB: FTR: Gene was a master at pitching. And he knew exactly how to handle executives he thought were idiots. (Fans, too, but we probably shouldn’t go there.)
Tag: online TV writing workshop
Peggy Bechko’s World of Free Resources for Writers & Readers
by Peggy Bechko
I admit, usually I try to pry writers off the net, off the computer, except for a good word processor or scriptwriting program. You know, a blank screen and all that. Get the juices flowing and for God’s sakes write something!
Well, yeah, that’s good – most of the time. I’m not backing off. BUT, and it’s a big but, there are times when we writers just need to read. Maybe we need to do some research. Maybe we just need to relax. Maybe we just have a curiosity that could lead to a story.
Whatever the reason, the plain fact is writers must read. A lot.
Larry Brody’s Poetry: ‘The Word Hopi Means Peace’
by Larry Brody
NOTE FROM LB
The Navajo Dog and I had many years’ worth of adventure together. We went places where we experienced things so powerful that they punched through the armor I had developed to defend my Asperger’s soul. Yet somehow my friend and I survived to tell true tales like the one that follows, a memory of something I wish had never had to happen…yet will hold onto even when my body is dust.
The Word Hopi Means Peace
The word Hopi means “peace,” but
@TVWriterCom Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – April 10, 2017
Time for TVWriter™’s Monday look at our 5 most popular blog posts of the week ending yesterday. They are, in order:
It’s Writers Guild of America Solidarity Day!
Okay, so we just made that up for the heading. But here’s what the WGA West posted on Facebook today, asking writers to use it as their new profile pic:
@TVWriterCom #Solidarity
Yeppers, we’re into this. And we believe everyone else interested in writing for TV and films should be too.