Here it is, girls and boys, the intel you’ve been waiting for. How the hippest network in the history of TV got that way.
Future TV network creators, take note. (We sure as !#@ have.)
Tag: People’s Pilot Contest
Writer’s Technique: Beyond Criticism
by Kathryn Graham
“Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If you resist suffering, you are always suffering. If you resist confusion, you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.” — Adyashanti
The most common answer I’ve seen on to how to deal with criticism is “Deal with it. Grow a thick skin.” The idea is that after a while of being insulted, criticized, or dragged over the coals, you develop a kind of emotional callous (‘thick skin’). Maybe this means that one day you wake up and you’re a-okay with someone trashing you and your work. Or you’re able to discern whose opinions matter and whose don’t. Or, at least, you get better at ignoring the pain.
But does that actually happen? Does the fiftieth time a person insults your work hurt less than the first? What about all of that time in the meantime while you’re ‘toughening up’? Many writers are sensitive people. That is not a bad thing. It’s a trait like any other, and oftentimes it’s quite valuable in creative professions. However, now more than ever you’re susceptible to thousands of people’s opinions about you and your work. What can you do about it if you’re not the sort who lets things roll off their back easily?
5 African American Female Television Writers Who Paved the Way
We at TVWriter™ love us a good pioneer tale, and this article delivers five of ’em. Read on and see what we mean:
by K. Nicole Mills
Over the past two years, we have witnessed history in television. This has been the most diverse time period in the history of the small screen. The amount of diverse content available to audiences has drastically increased, and people of color currently headline numerous shows on every major network and digital platform. We have made great strides considering the fact that when ‘Scandal’ premiered in 2012, it was the first network drama with a black woman as it’s lead in almost four decades. Many attribute the shift of developing more diverse characters to the “Shonda Effect,” a term inspired by Shonda Rhimes who has continuously hired people of color in lead roles on all of her shows. She simply creates television shows that mirror the reality of the world that we live in.
“I’m normalizing TV. I am making TV look like the world looks. Women, people of color, LGBTQ people equal way more than 50 percent of the population. Which means it ain’t out of the ordinary.” – Shonda Rhimes
Productivity for Writers
Or maybe it’s writers for productivity. Who the hell knows. Oh, wait – Jane Cui, the writer of the following article, does. Man, does she know:
30 Accomplished Writers Reveal Their Productivity Secrets
by Jane Cui
This is probably not the first productivity article that you have read. You probably have seen countless lists telling you tips like “Don’t go on facebook!” or “don’t check your email!”
But the real key to productivity is not about little tricks or one-day-stints. It’s about working consistently even if you don’t feel like it, or you’re too tired, or you have to take care of children. It’s difficult, but not impossible to create a system for works. You can do it, because these writers (who are human, just like you) have done it.
Peggy Bechko’s World: Do You Wanna Be a Writer?
by Peggy Bechko
Do ya? Do ya?
Or maybe you’re a writer already but things are going just the way you’d like and you’re having a crisis of faith in your decision to write and be a writer.
It happens. I suspect to all of us. At some point we break down, throw our hands in the air and question … well, everything!