If you think writing your novel, screenplay, or teleplay is hard, think of how much harder it is to pitch your work…not only after you’ve written it but in advance.
In the words of a certain Larry Brody, “No matter what our job title is, we’re all salesmen.” To which this TVWriter™ minion can only add, “So it goes.”
NOTE FROM LB: Once upon a time, my life was changed by a book called The Sot-Weed Factor by John Barth in which a judge uttered a very important line of dialog. “You’ll get the best justice you can afford!”
Now, one year shy of 60 years later, I’m thinking about these two short sentences written by Libby Hill about not justice but television. “The average Joe doesn’t care about The Morning Show. They already have all the TV they need – and can afford.”
Ah, high culture, wherefore art thou, high culture?
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.
What’s it all about?
What’s happening?
In moving images by Will Shoder:
In words and a diagram by Dan Harmon:
Story Structure 101: Super Basic Shit
By Dan Harmon.
