Last Week’s Most Important Cord Cutting Developments

Locast streaming service shuts permanently

Cord Cutters News gives us the latest on the cord cutting front, including: an upcoming bundle that pairs Showtime with Paramount Plus, Apple TV getting is tvOS 15 software update next week, Locast suffering another legal blow, streaming services celebrating National Hispanic Heritage Month, and more!

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How to Get Your TV Show Idea on the Air #7

by Larry Brody

The seventh in a series of videos about what is for all practical purposes the most important thing to know in showbiz: How to sell your idea, your script, and yourself.

This is serious business indeed, but the process also is filled with fun and, yes, love.  So please sit back and click to learn, enjoy, and maybe even find your TV show Destiny by knowing more about WHAT EXECUTIVES WANT TO SEE IN A TV SERIES PITCH.

MORE TO COME

“Venting Your Spleen”

Last week LB talked about overthink and an article in justpublishingadvice.com about using commas with the word “because.” This week we’re happy to present another article from the site, this one about the origins of the phrase, “Vent your spleen.”

Overthink again? Undoubtedly. But informative as hell. We hope you’ll agree.

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LB: New Writers Guide to Storytelling

by Larry Brody

I’m making this as brief as possible, which means I’m not explaining the “Whys” of these tips, other than with this preface:

This is the 21st Century. Storytelling, by which I mean plotting, ain’t what it used to be. The contemporary audience has seen and read and experienced at least as much as you have, which means MAKE SURE YOU KEEP EVERYTHING AS SHORT AS POSSIBLE SO YOU’RE NOT TELLING READERS/VIEWERS WHAT THEY ALREADY KNOW .  read article

Via Nathan Bransford: Should you share your work-in-progress with friends and family?

When Nathan Bransford offers writing or publishing advice, we listen…and advise  y’all (especially prose writers) to do the same. Today, his guest author, discusses the good and the bad points of letting those close to you read your unfinished work.

No, we aren’t talking about this kind of sharing. Not here and now anyway.

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If you tell a close friend or family member that you’re writing a book, it’s highly possible they will ask to read it. read article