Peggy Bechko: Writers, are You Writing?

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by Peggy Bechko

No, really, are you writing the projects you want to and need to complete? Are you getting those ideas down on paper? Writing stories? Writing articles?

Or do you feel like you’re not getting any writing done despite the fact that you sit in front of a computer for hours, fingers flying? Do you feel like you’re accomplishing little to nothing, that you’re procrastinating, not getting to the writing you need to do?

Of course you’re writing. I’ll bet you’re sending emails to friends and business associates, probably texting like crazy, posting to Facebook, maybe writing promo blurbs. How much writing does all that add up to? Have you added it up? How many words did you write with all that? read article

WGA W July 2014 Calendar of Events

Cartoon: MAKING THE LEAP

We’re thinking that this cartoon applies to just about everything worth doing…but especially to taking the leap into TV:

Grant Snider's "Incidental Comics" does it again!
Grant Snider’s “Incidental Comics” does it again!

Relax, Peer Producers, the Robots will Finish Your Film for You

There are two ways to look at the news in the following article.

Either it’s a case of, “Wow, all our video-creating prayers have been answered!”

Or… read article

Dawn McElligott: Getting My 5-Minute Program On the Air

by Dawn McElligott

Fear of failure is often the biggest obstacle for a wannabe filmmaker. But MiND TV, a non-profit company, was asking its viewers to make their own 5-minute video for broadcast to millions of people in greater Philadelphia. How could I lose? By not even trying.

Last June I purchased a Canon Vixia HD camcorder for about $ 300. I saved money on lawyers by downloading standard photography and location release templates free of charge.

In my newly adopted hometown of Oxford, Pa, I started videotaping interviews with community leaders regarding their efforts to revitalize its downtown and surrounding area. read article