ENTERTAINMENT INDUSTRY NEWS, AUDIO EDITION – 09/26/19

by Bob Tinsley

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.  read article

PJ McIlvaine: The Summer from Hell

We like this image because it’s about searching, see, but not via Google, and this post is also about searching about something very, very, very important, and…we like this image. There.

by PJ McIlvaine

It’s a warm late summer night on the cusp of the fall season, and I for one will not be sad to see summer go.

May-July was busy. Heck, every month was busy. But I put my nose to the grindstone and burned through a revise and resubmit on a project very dear to my soul. I had a self-imposed deadline and was determined to beat it. Now no one was pushing me to work so hard except me.

But once I got started, I went into that wonderful writing zone and when you’re in it, you just have to ride the wave like a surfer. And once it was done, I breathed a sigh of relief and put my faith in the Universe. read article

Artificial Intelligence (AI) and Screenwriting

We aren’t sure what this article is telling us, but it’s all about to very important topics (screenwriting and AI), so we’re hoping you’ll read on and then explain it to us.

Yeah, we know that sounds lame, but LB believes in being open and honest with everybody so, what the hey, we’re doing just that. Maybe think of it as helping us like we’ve always tried to help you?

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Peggy Bechko: What Every Writer Needs To Know About Rejection

NOTE FROM LB: One thing I’ve learned during my long (Yikes! Sooo long indeed!) career is that unlike other so-called verities, artistic truth is for all practical purposes eternal.

In this article from 2013, one of TVWriter™’s favorite writers and even more favorite human beings, Peggy Bechko, gives us a thoughtful lesson  we all need, in practical and creative truth.

Writers Dealing With Rejection
by Peggy Bechko

battle angelOkay, the truth hurts. The fact is no matter how good a writer you are, no matter how persistent and devoted to your writing, you’re going to receive rejections. read article

Sort of a Writing Gig: Watch 13 Scary Movies & Get $1300

If you’re a Stephen King fan and want to make some extra money watching some films based on Stephen King books while your bodily reactions are monitored and recorded, DISH Network may have the gig for you.

Here’s the scoop from DISH: read article