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Interview with Jeane Wong Part 1: The Thin Line

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by Kathryn Graham

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!

What is The Thin Line about? read article

HUMANITAS PRIZE Call for Entries

This one’s for all you pros: humanitas-cup-sepia1 =&0=& Sundance Feature Film Screenplay 60 minute Teleplay 30 minute Teleplay Feature Documentary Children’s Animation Children’s Live Action


Eligibility guidelines:

  • No entry fee nor limit to the number of submissions
  • Teleplay must be written and produced in the English language for U.S. Television (Broadcast, Cable, Internet and Satellite)
  • Teleplay must have had a national release on Television (Broadcast, Cable, Internet and Satellite)
  • Feature film screenplay becomes eligible in the year in which it receives a U.S. theatrical release
  • Teleplay or film must be aired or released January 1, 2016, through December 31, 2016

Click HERE to submit.  Please help us celebrate what is right with television and film.

To learn more about the HUMANITAS Prize, please visit our website at http://www.humanitasprize.org read article

LB’s Poetry: “The Love Song of Zane Simon Marx”

NOTE FROM LB: 

I came to L.A. to write for television in the late ’60s, and with my first gig one of what was to be several love-hate relationships, both professional and personal, began. I did pretty well with the professional thing, at least – achieved every one of my goals as a TV writer, actually, although it feels immodest to say it. Many of my friends from that era did the same. And, professionally speaking, some achieved even more. The following is a true story of that time and place, reflecting bits and pieces of us all:

The Love Song of Zane Simon Marx
by Larry Brody

The moon taunts him. read article

Peggy Bechko’s World: Writer’s, Don’t Wait for Inspiration

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Real world inspiration?

by Peggy Bechko

 “You can’t wait for inspiration. You have to go after it with a club.”

? Jack London

One of my favorite quotes on writing. read article

TVWriter™ Don’t-Miss Posts of the Week – August 8th

In case you’ve missed what’s happening at TVWriter™, the most popular blog posts during the week ending yesterday were:

Writers Guild Foundation – Breaking In At Any Age read article