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Been Reading Peggy Bechko Here on TVWriter™? Lovin’ on Her Work?

Doesn't Peggy look writerly as hell here? As well as, you know, romantic?
Doesn’t Peggy look writerly as hell here? As well as, you know, romantic?

Peggy Bechko has been one of the most popular contributors on TVWriter™ since we went to our current format. All you have to do is type her name into the searchbox on the right of this page and you’ll access dozens of her my-t-fine posts about, well, about writing for crying out loud.

In a very real way, Peggy supports all of us who engage with this site  – TVWriter™ visitors, writers, editors, and certainly our Beloved Leader, LB. So we’re thinking that it’s a pretty good idea to return some of that support. Buy her books! Visit her site!

And, for only a little added fee, wear Peggy’s extraordinary work on – heh – your chest: read article

Peer Production: abstract composition 140101

What’s that? You’ve seen this video and don’t think of it as “peer production” at all? It’s just…”art?”

Holy crap, gang, that’s exactly what peer production should be. An unsupervised, unrestrained take on…well, erm, on whatever the hell this is an unsupervised, unrestrained – and to us fascinating – take on:

Love & Money Dept – TV Writing Deals for 4/12/14

Latest News About Writers Who Are Doing Better Than We Are=&0=&(SONS OF ANARCHY) have a new overall deal with HBO, starting with the drama series, YELLOWSTONE about, uh, violence in Montana. (The munchy one has absolutely no interest in Montana, so no way am I going to watch this if it gets on the air. Well, maybe if I get on staff. Yeah, if I’m writing the damn thing I’ll be glad to watch. But only my eps, dudes, cuz that’s how munchies roll.) Steven Knight (LOCKE) is writing an 8-part BBC drama called TABOO, about a 19th century adventurer fighting with the East India Company. (Ooh, man versus corporation. I can hardly wait. What could be better than watching the guy who broke Batman’s back go up against a corporate charter? Thing better be made of some very thick paper!) David Milch has extended his overall deal with HBO. (Evidently cuz HBO thinks that having a hack has-been who’s last decent work was on the air almost a decade ago is preferable to letting anybody new and/or under 60 into the building. The Milchman is gobbling up a piece of the pie that could’ve been yours, mine, or anybody else’s. The only Big Name who’s gone lower than Milchovic is Bruce Springsteen, who now makes his living covering hits recorded by dudes at least a century younger than his botoxed self. Oh, brave new world – why hast thou forsaken us? Or something like that.) End of rant. Buh-bye for now!

JEN KRUEGER: SITCOM LOVE

Yes, it’s true. On the whole, we at TVWriter™ aren’t fans of BROOKLYN NINE-NINE. We find it, well, fatuous would be the best word. Overly simplistic, unrealistic, dumb. So when we saw this oh-so-positive review we had to read it and emerged with a new understanding of the ways of the world – cuz writer Jen Krueger, who’s a fave of ours, actually loves B99 for exactly the reasons we loathe it.

Oh, God, our head is exploding —

by Jen Krueger

pam_beesleyOn the list of things I originally expected from Brooklyn Nine-Nine, emotional resonance isn’t to be found. With a former Saturday Night Live cast member as the lead, I figured the show would be goofy (in a good way) and peppered with cameos from comedians. read article

Five Female-Driven Web Series Every Creator Should Check Out

When we saw the article below we knew we wanted to run it with a positive “woman driver” type punny pic. Soon we found out that was almost impossible because all we could find were images mocking women drivers. We decided to look for an action photo of the world’s most well-known woman racing driver, Danica Patrick – and lo and behold, 99% of those we found were beauty shots. The closest we could come to a pic where a renowned sports figure could be identified engaged in her sport was this: (And it ain’t exactly close at all! Kee-rist!)

Danica Patrick taking a hairpin turn in an Indy racing car
Danica Patrick taking a hairpin turn in an Indy racing car

by Cameron Maitland

As creators of new web series content, we’re constantly excited by the multitude of diverse female-focused series on the web. It would seem that the internet affords us viewers with styles and situations we can’t find on television and in turn it would seem that the most successful series tend to bring something very unique to the table. As we began pre-production on our new series Sisters of Mercy, with a focus on women and diversity as well as storytelling, we looked to some of our favorite series for inspiration. Here’s a list of five, how they inspired us, and why we think they’re worth a watch for any web creator.

Burning Love

Burning Love is a technically brilliant parody of the Bachelor that has run for three seasons skewering everything from the banality of reality tv competition to the wild personalities of those drawn into the spectacle. read article