This year, the Television Academy pushed for diversity in many ways, including delivering more POC as Emmy presenters and (I’m pretty sure) nominees than ever before.
Yet every winning actor – and let’s be real here, actors are the public face of both the Emmy and Oscarcasts – was white. I suppose I should be happy that at least the voting members of the Academy are watching more than just the broadcast networks these days, but still, what I find myself feeling is:
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.
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 .
The Good: 
The Not So Good:
Norm Macdonald, who died yesterday of cancer, at 61. was one of the funniest, brightest people I’ve ever met.
If art is what happens when your creations reveal your inner self, then he was an artiste extraordinaire in life as well as on the stage.
RIP, dood. Chill in peace.