Tag: People’s Pilot Contest

Peggy Bechko: The Villain Of The Piece

by Peggy Bechko

Let’s talk about villains. Seriously. There are a variety of villains, some of which you want nothing to do with in your writing. Others can be fixed and still others are right on!

So what do I mean there are different kinds of villains? Well there are lots, actually, but I’ll just discuss a couple of them here.

There’s the Self-Absorbed and too Careless to live villain. This can lend a lot of comedy to your story if that’s the direction you want to take since this kind of villain is above hard work and dealing with complicated decisions. He might be a pretty boy or a mob boss type, but the most important thing in life is his own comforts and the way others fear and/or look up to him. He pretty much delegates everything to underlings and expects his every desire to be served up to him like he’s a king. read article

Extreme Peer Production

Inspector-Spacetime-Wiki

One of our favorite peer productions is INSPECTOR SPACETIME NOT INSPECTOR SPACETIME UNTITLED WEBSERIES ABOUT A SPACE TRAVELER whatever, Travis Richey’s terrific web series which began its life as a a show-within-a-show on COMMUNITY.

Turns out we at TVWriter™ aren’t the only ones who’ve fallen in love with the charm and execution of this diamond. Turns out Trav’s got fans all over the place.  Lovers of “Inspectrum” are all over the place, from Tumblr to, well, to the Inspector SpaceTime Wiki. For a good time, check out these droll, deadpan masterpieces. read article

WGA-AMPTP Contract Negotions Begin Today

Speaking of the Writers Guild:

This is heavy stuff. These talks will decide what the financial terms of the next Writers Guild of America – Alliance of Motion Picture and Television Producers deal will be.

And, as usual, the producers’ opening salvo is all about, well, let’s be clear here, it’s all about how much they’re dying to fuck us in the ass:

2014 WGA Awards Winners (Hot News from Last Saturday Night)

Hmm, old writers may not get a lot of work, but they still run the Guild.
Hmm, old writers may not get a lot of work, but they still run the Guild.

Here they are, last night’s Writers Guild of America Award winners. (And, no, we’re not reviewing the ceremonies other than bow our heads in sorrow for emcee Brad Garrett and his Dead on Arrival Woody Allen pedophile routine.)

You may know some of these folks. Or you may not. Clap anyway cuz what the hell. We writers don’t get our names out there nearly often enough.

TELEVISION AWARDS read article

Peer Production: GOLDEN AGE OF INSECT AVIATION

Hey, waddaya know? TVWriter™ just discovered an unsung hero of peer production. But we don't think he'll be that way for long!
Hey, waddaya know? TVWriter™ just discovered an unsung hero of peer production. But we don’t think he’ll be that way for long!

Man, do we wish we’d made this:

“In 1903, Olivia Wright was the first to pilot the great grasshoppers of North America.” read article