HOMELAND Creators Take Their Show Very Seriously

As if you didn’t already know:

‘Homeland’: Brody Helps Nazir Kill Someone; Producers Talk Shocking Exit And What’s Next – by Maureen Ryan

As Season 2 of “Homeland” enters its home stretch, the pace is amping up, and Sunday’s episode may have been one of the Showtime drama’s most shocking hours yet. read article

LB: Dan Harmon Says What We All Need to Hear

In my experience, every word this man says here is true. New writers and creators, the world is yours.

After a fashion. read article

And Now, a Major Real-Life Rule For Writers to Live By

Hey, it’s from Lifehacker.Com, so you know it’s about Real Stuff:

“We Have to Continually Be Jumping Off Cliffs and Developing Our Wings on the Way Down” – by Whitson Gordon

Authors Ray Bradbury and Kurt Vonnegut, both of whom have been cited as saying versions of this quote, know a thing or two about creativity. They say that “We have to continually be jumping off cliffs and developing our wings on the way down.” Apart from being a vivid image, it’s a great metaphor for taking risks. Sometimes, you need to just jump headfirst into a project, even if you don’t know where you’re going with it yet. You’ll learn as you go, and sometimes that’s the best way to get the results you want. read article

Peggy Bechko Tells Us How to Kill a Character

Heartless, that’s what she is.

And that’s why we love ‘er:

Here’s somebody who really knows how to kill a characer – Uma Thurman in KILL BILL

by Peggy Bechko

Ever Wondered How To Kill a Character? read article