Tag: screenwriting

‘Star Trek’ “Short Treks” Stitch ST Canon Together – or Try to Anyway

Promotion-wise, one of the cleverest things CBS All-Access streamer has come up with is a series of short (15 minutes +/-) episodes giving us new glimpses along the Star Trek timeline.  Not only does this give trekkers new info about the Trek Universe, it also explains some early inconsistencies, like Spock’s tendency to smile – sometimes inappropriately – back in ST:TOS season 1.

Can fans live without this info and stay fans? Probably, but this TVWriter™ minion has a confession to make: I love feeling like I’m being catered too. And the Short Treks definitely give me that warm buzz. Especially the one about the Spockmeister: read article

Remembering ‘The Twilight Zone” on Its 60th Anniversary

Earlier this month, TVWriter™ brought you Contributing Editor Emeritus Herbie J Pilato’s thoughts about the 60th anniversary of one of our favorite TV shows, The Twilight Zone.

We’re far from the only ones who consider The Twilight Zone a major turning point in TV history. Recently, Herbie J was one of several Big Thinkers who took part in a discussion of the why’s and wherefore’s.

We’re pleased as punch to be able to share the wisdom: read article

Stick to Your Creative Goals

It’s not who you “stick it to,” it’s sticking to it, no matter what “it” is, that is essential for you to achieve your goals. Perseverance for the win. Here’s the plan:

by Nicole Dieker

The next time you worry that everything you want to do creatively has already been done by someone else, or feel anxious about the amount of time it will take for you to become as good at your creative work as you’d like to be, tell yourself that you’re on a bus. In Helsinki, Finland. And the most important thing you can do for your career is not get off the bus too soon. read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #69 – “Revenuers”

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. read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – Oct. 28, 2019

Happy Monday morning everybody!

Hope your weekend has been a great one. Time now for TVWriter™’s latest look at our most popular blog posts and resource pages during the week ending yesterday. They are, in order: read article