Tag: screenwriting

Herbie J Pilato Scores Deals for 1-2-3 New Books!

TVWriter™ Contributing Editor Emeritus Herbie J Pilato has inked deals to pen biographies of legendary actors Sean Connery and Diana Rigg, and a combined book about the equally iconic producers/directors George Lucas and Steven Spielberg and their blockbusting influence in Hollywood and with movie-going audiences around the world.

Repped by the Lee Sobel Literary Agency and attorney Gregory Tanner of the Tanner Firm, Pilato is the author of the critically-acclaimed, top-selling celebrity bios Twitch Upon a Star: The Bewitched Life and Career of Elizabeth
Montgomery, and Mary: The Mary Tyler Moore Story, among several other
successful media tie-in tomes.  read article

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What has our Writers Guild done for us lately?

Glad you asked because the Guild has a wonderful answer in Writers Connect, a short newsletter members get every week. (See? Another good reason to bust your butt to qualify and join.)

The Essentials

The writers of NBC’s Superstore proved uniquely equipped to take on the stark realities of being a retail worker during COVID-19, while still managing to find some much-needed laughs.
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Larry Brody’s TV Writing Tips & Tricks #10

The Thrills & Spills of Editing Yourself
by Larry Brody

One of the most difficult tasks for any writer, new or old, is editing.

In TV and films, the ability to edit your teleplay or screenplay is crucial. There are many good reasons for writing tersely and tightly, but one of the least understood is the fact that part of the magic of film and tape is that they expand time. read article

Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments – 2/2/2021

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front. This time around: 2021 Cord Cutting Predictions: Free Streaming Rise, ATSC 3.0 Growth, Apple TV’s Future, and More!

Cord Cutters Video Channel: https://twitter.com/CordCuttersNews
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Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #133 “A Little Romance”

THE USUAL NOTE FROM LB: From the summer of 2002 to  the spring of 2010, Gwen the Beautiful and I were the proud and often exhausted owners of a beautiful Ozarks property we called Cloud Creek Ranch.

In many ways, the ranch was paradise. But it was a paradise with a price that started going up before we even knew it existed. Here’s another Monday musing about our adventure and the lessons we learned. read article