Tag: online TV writing workshop

munchman Looks at the Bright Side of Life

munchman’s TV Musings #12
by munchman

The current state of the US of A being what it is, yer friendly neighborhood munchman has found himself forced to take a long, hard look at what he’s been writing – and thinking.

The result of that long, hard look is the realization that considering the situation, ranting and raving about the sad offerings to be had on our TVs and computer screens and the idiot machinations behind them is, way too obviously, a total waste of time and resources. read article

How Louis CK Tells a Joke

And since he tells some very fine jokes, and considering that how he tells ’em is a damn good way to write ’em, we think this video just might be of interest:

And there ya go. Now it’s – your turn!

Barbara Hale: Perry Mason’s Right-Hand Gal(e)

by Herbie J Pilato

“I liked playing women with an independent streak.”

So once spoke the actress Barbara Hale, who died January 26, 2017 at age 94, in reference to her iconic performance as Della Street on TV’s long-running Perry Mason one-hour legal mystery series. read article

Larry Brody’s Poetry: ‘Of Dreams, And Treasures, And Needs

by Larry Brody

NOTE FROM LB: 

It’s recurring dream time! We all have them. All I’ll say about this one is that over a great many years and a great many illuminating night visions, it has proved to be the most powerful of them all.

Of Dreams, And Treasures, And Needs

Last night I dreamed the treasure trove dream, read article

Nickelodeon Writing Program Open for Submissions

by TVWriter™ Press Service

Yeppers, kids, this is the official logo. Doesn’t it make ya feel deadly?

Nick’s global Writing Program is one of the best in the biz, if they do say so themselves.

Alumni have gone on to create their own Nickelodeon shows and write for an assortment of TV series and films.

While in the Program, writers meet Nickelodeon’s series creators, work in writers’ rooms, and receive hands-on experience writing spec scripts and pitching story ideas in both live action and animated television, all while being provided a salary. read article