munchman: Now These are Fucking Murals!

Time for me to move to Europe, where a mural genius named Przemek Blejzy works his magic:

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I know this has nothing to do with TV writing, or screenwriting, or any kind of writing for that matter. But that doesn’t keep it from being awesome.

Peggy Bechko: Tax Time? Already? Tax Tips for Writers

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Taxes? Now? WTF?

by Peggy Bechko

2012 is gone
On to
2013!

Okay, I made it through the end of the year when I got my new computer. Yes, I actually did the techie thing (I am no techie if you’ll remember) and got the thing up and running. My brain felt like a marshmallow after, but I guess that’s par for the course from what I hear from IT people. Even downloaded printer drivers for the new Windows 8 version, installed and actually have it printing. read article

Spec Scriptacular Winner’s CHICAGO FIRE Episode on NBC Tonight

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As we say in the newz biz, this just in:

UNDER THE KNIFE, The first of CHICAGO FIRE staffer Ryan Harris’s co-written episodes for the show airs tonight, January 9th. read article

Peer Production: THE DEEP END

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A truly fascinating visual experience found on Vimeo.Com. Reminds us of Basil Wolverton, one of Mad’s geniuses in days gone by:

The Deep End by Jake Fried 2013.
Hand-drawn animation with ink, white-out and coffee.
More at inkwood.net

CBS Wants You to Choose HAWAII FIVE-0 Episode Ending

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Proving that CBS has no respect whatsoever for those outstanding critters known as “writers,” CBS has announced that viewers of the January 14th episode of HAWAII FIVE-0 will be able to vote to determine who the killer of the show’s victim of the week will be.

That’s right, kids, it’s going to be up to the audience to decide if the murderer is the victim’s boss, his teaching assistant, or a student the victim, a college professor, caught cheating. read article