Tag: TV CAREER TIPS

LB: ‘When Raymond Chandler Went to Work for Billy Wilder’

LB’s NOTE: Here’s how the NYTimes subheading described this article by Edward Sorel when the paper published it last month:

Because, you know, otherwise the film aficionados who would be attracted by the headline wouldn’t want to continue reading. I’m not a fan of either of these great talents (although I certainly acknowledge that they were indeed great at what they did), but I thoroughly enjoyed the following: read article

LB: ‘Man Overboard’ & Its Take on Pitching

manoverboard 9-9-21 by man martin

“And there,” as Strother Martin said many years ago in one of my favorite films, “you have it.”

To put it another way, is there any experience anywhere more depressing than pitching a story – any story – in “Hollywood?”

And yet another way: read article

Dawn McElligott: Ready-to Wear? High Fashion? Mockery for the Next TV Season?

by Dawn McElligott

Critiques of THE DEVIL WEARS PRADA are showing up all over YouTube.  Viewers are enjoying the dissection of selected scenes with explanations of what makes them work. One video, “Andy Gets a Makeover,” attracted well over a million views since JoBlo Movie Clips posted it in June.

Impressive for a 15-year-old movie.

At the same time, Throw Back TV is posting scenes and full episodes of JUST SHOOT ME, a sitcom on NBC that poked fun at women’s magazines from 1997 to 2003. read article

Via Nathan Bransford: How an editor at a publisher acquires a book

When Nathan Bransford offers writing or publishing advice, we listen…and advise  y’all (especially prose writers) to do the same. Here’s another reason why, via Nathan’s guest  

We know an editor wouldn’t really steal your book. This is just a fun metaphor, yeah?

by Christine Pride

Greetings writerly people! read article

LB: The Truth about Commas and “Because”

by Larry Brody

I’m fascinated by overthinking. We all do it one way or another and at one time or another.

Mostly I overthink the reasons for scheduling and performing tasks that seem difficult or at best unpleasant. As a writer, I also tend to overthink English language usage, but not nearly as much as Derek Haines has in an article called “A Comma Before Because After a Negative Clause.” that I just read at justpublishingadvice.com. read article