The Best Advice on Pitching That You’ll Get Today

Yeah, yeah, yeah, we know ComicCon is over. Especially the one referred to in this educational video, which actually took place a few years ago.

But the advice is valid for all pitches, whether for comics and at ComicCon or – anything creative pitched anywhere.

Now get out there and sell – sell – sell your dream!

Interview with Jeane Wong Part 2: State of the Industry

by Kathryn Graham

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EDITOR’S NOTE: Jeane Wong, a friend of TVWriter™ and previous People’s Pilot winner, recently won the First Universal Cable Pitchfest with her pitch for The Thin Line! Don’t miss the first part of this interview with this rising star HERE.

ANOTHER EDITOR’S NOTE: Empower: Fight Like a Girl is a collection of short stories about female heroines by female television writers, including Jeane Wong! Buy here: Amazon read article

Diana Vacc sees “Jason Bourne”

Hmm, looks a little off...
Hmm, somebody’s aim looks a little off…

by Diana Vaccarelli

*If you haven’t viewed this film yet be warned this review may contain spoilers!*

He’s back! our favorite spy since James Bond – Jason Bourne.  This fourth installment of the Bourne series has Jason Bourne living off the grid and in hiding until an old colleague comes back into his life with new information about the agency and his past.

THE GOOD: read article

Cartoon: SNAIL’S PACE

The world’s greatest cartoonist when it comes to the subject of living the artist’s life proves he’s just as insightful about – all of life itself. Witnesseth:

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DASHING, DARING AND DEBONAIR book excerpt: Gene Roddenberry – “The Great Bird of the Galaxy”

EDITOR’S NOTE:  The following is an excerpt from Herbie J Pilato’s new book, DASHING, DARING AND DEBONAIR: TV’s Top Male Icons from the ’50s, ’60s and ’70s, published by Taylor Trade Publishing, an imprint of Rowman & Littlefield.

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The Great Bird of the Galaxy
by Herbie J Pilato

The Great Bird of the Galaxy.

That’s how the iconic Gene Roddenberry, who died October 4, 1991, is mostly remembered. As the creator of the original Star Trek, its initial TV follow-up, Star Trek: The Next Generation, and ultimately the subsequent and ongoing legacy of sequels and remakes for both the big and small screen, Roddenberry’s uplifting and majestic vision of the future will forever live long and prosper. A pilot in the US Army during World War II, Roddenberry would decades later become one of the first people to be “buried” in space. It all seemed to fit. read article