This one’s for all you English murder mystery fans out there. Don’t let the Midsomer Murders Syndrome happen to you!
Mystery writers, OTOH, take notes cuz you’re about to see a template to respect!
Tag: screenwriting
Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #81 – “Birth of a Real Superhero?”
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 – Jan. 27, 2020
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:
How writers & their readers are surviving Amazon’s closing of a beloved fan service
If this tale of Amazon’s latest betrayal to its users – in this case the writers and readers of fan fiction – doesn’t bring a tear to your eye, we’ll end up with many more tears in ours. (WTF did we just say?) Anyway…
by Travis Clark
Desiree Holt, affectionately known as the oldest author of erotic romance at 83 years old, climbed out of a financial plight in 2013 thanks to Amazon.
At the time, Holt was writing romance novels for the the publishing company Ellora’s Cave, which was collapsing and ultimately shut down in 2016. Holt felt her income was in jeopardy. But in 2013, Amazon launched a fan-fiction service called Kindle Worlds, a digital publishing platform that let authors publish fan fiction within certain licensed “worlds,” which at first included properties from Warner Bros.’ Alloy Entertainment, like “Gossip Girl,” “Pretty Little Liars,” and “The Vampire Diaries.”
Do Your Characters Make the Best 1st Impression They Can?
Nathan Bransford, one of TVWriter™’s favorite writers – and writing consultants – is here with spot on advice about how all of us hope filled wordsmiths can “nail every character’s first impression.”
by Nathan Bransford
You know that old saw “you never get a second chance to make a first impression?” I don’t know how much it really matters in real life, but it absolutely matters in books.
The way you introduce a character will leave an indelible imprint for your reader. Hopefully. If you nail it.