Good morning! Welcome to another new week at TVWriter™, starting with our latest look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last week.
They are, in order:
Tag: People’s Pilot writing contest
You gotta tell the story
Nathan Bransford, one of TVWriter™’s favorite writers and writing consultants has a story to tell…about telling stories. Hmm….
by Nathan Bransford
When you’re writing a novel, it’s easy to get lost in the worlds you’re creating. It’s hard to see what you’re not telling the reader because you know what’s what and who’s who. You lose sight of what is and isn’t on the page.
Getting Notes for Your Writing – The Screenwriting Life #1
Here’s an outstanding video (podcast?) for all screen and TV writers. It’s the first in a series featuring Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna, whose combined credits include writing and production on such films as Inside Out, The Good Dinosaur and Captain Marvel, and we’re hoping it will be followed by many more.
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NEWS AUDIO EDITION – 03/12/2020
by Bob Tinsley
Why should you as a visitor to TVWriter™ be interested in making audio fiction? Why should you be interested in making podcasts? Discoverability, that’s why.
The meaning of the word podcast is evolving to include any episodic, audio-only production whether nonfiction or fiction. Agents and major studios have started trawling through podcasts and their creators for new content and talent.
What’s Not to Love About Port Townsend, Washington?
LB wants us all to know why of all the places in the world he could have lived, he and Gwen the Beautiful chose Port Townsend, WA, just across Puget Sound from Seattle.
This TVWriter™ minion gets it, for sure. Hell, the picture alone sells me:
A Washington author renovates a Port Townsend house, and her life
by Erica Bauermeister (via The Seattle Times)
Editor’s note: The following is an edited excerpt from the new book, “House Lessons: Renovating a Life,” © 2020 by Erica Bauermeister. All rights reserved. Excerpted by permission of Sasquatch Books.