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Tag: Spec Scriptacular Contest
Larry Brody Surfs the Interwebs
by Larry Brody
Most people these days haven’t seen much (any?) of my old TV writing or producing oeuvre, but even though TVWriter™’s readers may have missed my old HAWAII FIVE-O or FALL GUY or SILVER SURFER et al episodes, I still get much more eMail than I ever thought I would asking about various aspects of my life.A common question is, “What on the internet interests you?” I have no idea why that’s such a big question, but there it is. So what better place to reply than here, on the very selfsame internet we all know and love.
Most of my internet time is professional, looking for TV writing related news and events and working on the various aspects of TVWriter™. But the web also works well as a substitute for my morning newspaper, and do a fair share of surfing around on it the same way I used to spend time flipping through pages of newsprint, to which, by the way, I’ve always been highly allergic.
My allergy free online mornings usually start with comic strips I’ve been reading for what seems like centuries. These include Boffo, Dilbert, Zits, Dick Tracy, Non Sequitur, Luann, Drabble, Doonesbury (Sunday only; the other days are re-treads), and the strip that seems to uncannily parallel events in my own life, Ballard Street.
Diana Vaccarelli Sees QUANTICO
by Diana Vaccarelli
QUANTICO is a show full of conspiracies. It also is a new series with lots of buzz. What made me look forward to the show the most was the conspiracy angle. I love shows with twists and turns that shock the audience.
The first episode begins with a terrorist attack even more horrifying than 9/11. We focus on Alex (Priyanka Chopra), as she awakens in a pile of rubble that once was New York’s Grand Central Station. As she picks herself up off the ground, the show flashes back to her attending the FBI academy in a class of new recruits.
The story then quickly flashes forward to the scene of the attack where Alex is helped into a building and starts being questioned. She is being treated as a prime suspect in the crime and realizes that it’s time to get out of Dodge.
Indie Video: 97%
Best love story we’ve seen in a long time:
Via an app on his phone, Bert discovers that a 97% love match is near. Will he find her before the subway reaches the end of the line?
Diana Black Tells Us Why We Love Flawed Characters
by Diana Black
The Perfectly Flawed Character – why we love them so
As writers we’re complicated beasties – we bring to the table not only immense creativity but attributes that sometimes work against us – empathy and compassion. The aforementioned may help us enliven a lovable hero who’s having a shit of a time, but in the end saves the day – what’s not to love about them?
But what about the character we have to create and live with – over the life of the series, who happens to be supremely flawed? The one that’s chronically: selfish, evil, cruel, violent, ditzy, stupid/dumb, greedy, petulant, superficial and/or supercilious, the loser of all losers, manipulative, sluttish, smug, murderous, arrogant, delusional, irritating beyond belief, emotionally clueless or a hopeless romantic etc.