Life, Love, Career et al Got You Down? ‘Rise Up!’

A 5 minute message for those of us who need help keeping on keeping on, which you can take as meaning just about all of us humans on this planet or even more of us humans struggling to make it in the creative arts on his planet:

“Rise Up” by Andra Day, from the album Cheers To The Fall, available now. Director: M. Night Shyamalan read article

Larry Brody: Live! From Paradise! #66 – “Fun With House Guests?”

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

WGA-ATA Showdown October Report

by Larry Brody

Here’s the latest official news on the WGA-ATA Battle of the Writing & Writers’ Agent Stars, direct from the WGA Negotiating Committee.

I’ve deliberately refrained from interpreting or even re-framing it because these folks are, you know, writers and definitely can speak for themselves.

October 4, 2019 read article

10 Most Viewed TVWriter™ Posts of the Week – Oct. 7, 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

Stephanie Bourbon on How to Write a Strong Ending

Last time around, TVWriter™ pal Stephanie Bourbon gave us – one and all – some excellent advice about writing a strong opening to our films, TV episodes, novels, short stories, and stage plays.

In today’s exciting installment, she moves on to an equally important (some would say even more important) subject – the writing of the ending. read article