Tag: People’s Pilot Contest

Next Time Someone Wants You to Create for Free, Consider This

Good advice for not only writers but everybody who, well, who works, actually:

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A fine piece of work in progress from Robert W. Tinsley (artist, writer, TVWriter™ friend, bon vivant!)

by Andrew Griffiths

We all have to deal with people wanting us to do things for free. There are those who blatantly ask for it, those who try to negotiate on price because that’s what they do and those who are just plain cheap.

What does it mean when someone wants us to do things for free or cheap? It means they don’t value what it is that we do. And in some ways, that is kind of insulting. Over the years the projects that have caused me the biggest grief have always been the free ones or the cheap ones. read article

Peggy Bechko’s World: Six Formidable Reasons to Write

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by Peggy Bechko

…And One Unquestionable Reason Not To

Well, here we are again writers – or those contemplating being writers, or those who really shouldn’t be considering writing.

It seems like it’s about time to consider why you, as a writer, want to write. No, no, I don’t mean the airy fairy stuff where we get all philosophical on the wonders of the written word. I mean let’s get down, dirty, and face reality. read article

The Week at TVWriter™ – May 9, 2016

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

Peggy Bechko’s World: Coincidence Can Truly Be Crap read article

John Ostrander on Giving Your Audience Some Nasty Surprises

by John Ostrander

aandeI’ve heard it said that old friends are the best friends. That makes sense to me. Over time, you’ve shared experiences together, both good and bad. You’ve grown to know each other, to know the little idiosyncrasies that make up who we are, that make the bonds between us.

You can form that kind of relationships with books as well, especially series. The first time you read the book, it’s to discover the story, to learn what happens next. As you return to it, or read another book in the series, it’s because you want to revisit them.

For example, for me every new book in The Number One Ladies Detective Agency series byAlexander McCall Smith is like a new visit with old friends. I know the characters, the main ones and the wide supporting cast as well, and I want to learn what is going on with their lives. There are surprises in each visit, to be sure, but I now know the locale and what these people are like, I know their foibles and their virtues. They do grow but they are still the same characters I know and love. read article

All Hail Veep, TV’s Premier Silver-Fox Destination

Who says you can’t sell sex over 40?

(Should you? That’s a whole nuther story, yeah?)

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Since losing Mad Men – the show that most closely approximated formative crush experiences creeping on friends’ hot dads at school pickup – TV has experienced a catastrophic decline in its silver-fox reserves. read article