Ever wondered how your favorite, or least favorite, TV hero got cast? One of this TVWriter™ minion’s faves fills us in.
Tag: screenwriting
Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #111 “My Nightly Daydreams”
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.
Oh, and if y’all detect any irony, please believe me when I say it comes straight from the universe and not your kindly Uncle Larry B.
10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – August 31, 2020

Good morning! Welcome to another week of TV (and other) writing and production tips at TVWriter™. Here’s a look at the most popular blog posts and resource pages during the last 7 days.
They are, in order:
Stephanie Bourbon on Genre Writing
One of our fave writer-illustrator-screenwriting-vloggers, Stephanie Bourbon, tells us all that we need to know about genre writing. Yeppers, really, kids, it’s right here!

Genre Clarity and Why It’s So Important
by Stephanie Bourbon
Hello, Dear Writers!
5 Most Common Teleplay & Screenplay Notes & What They Really Mean
Listen up, gang. The ability to understand the thoughts behind notes you get from producers and agents is critical for TV and film writing success. In this article, Lucy V Hay helps you – us, actually – how to navigate through this most dangerous swamp.

by Lucy V Hay
Screenplay Notes
Screenplay notes … Love them or hate ’em, we need ‘em! It’s a fact that rewriting your screenplay or television pilot is an absolutely essential part of the successful process of perfecting story, character, structure, tone and theme.