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
MAFIA-MOVIE CHARACTERS YOU WON’T BE HEARING FROM AGAIN AFTER THE NOSTALGIC INTRO VOICE-OVER
Writer Rob Kutner, known for his work on The Daily Show, Conan, and The Tonight Show with Conan O’Brien, among other things, and our Beloved Leader, Larry Brody, often hang out in the same circles – online at least – and share a host of common friends on Facebook.
If you are a Rob Kutner FB follower – and why aren’t you? – you already know about this piece Rob did for The New Yorker recently. If you are, congratulations, you sure as hell know about it now!
by Rob Kutner
“Sal was the owner and sole proprietor of Sal’s Salumeria Salata, but, to us kids, he was more like Santa Claus. We’d drop by after school, and Sal would say, ‘Wait, bambinos, I got a little something for you in the back.’ Then he’d disappear for a sec and return with a special treat he’d pop right in our mouths—garlic knots, cannoli, cheesecloth, antifreeze, long rows of industrial staples—just whatever Sal had on hand that was fresh, no money accepted, no questions asked. In retrospect, maybe someone shoulda asked some questions.”
Stephanie Bourbon on Establishing Your Writing Goals!
Our fave writer-illustrator-screenwriting-vlogger, Stephanie Bourbon, has a new blog, and you know it works here at TVWriter™ – when we find something as helpful as everything Stephanie does, we just have to share!
Writing Goals!
by Stephanie Bourbon
Good morning writers,
ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NEWS AUDIO EDITION – 02/13/2020
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.
LB: Thousands Donate to Keep Local Theater in Business
by Larry Brody
Some of you know that I live near the northeast tip of the Olympic Peninsula, in a small town called Port Townsend, Washington.
Many of you may also know that I’m a big believer in supporting local artists and arts organizations of all types. In keeping with the excitement being part of a genuine local arts scene brings to me, I’m reprinting this article from The Seattle Times about a recent feel-good event that happened in the Port Townsend neighborhood, only 25 minutes from the Brody home.
This one should make you smile: