Tag: TVWriter™

LB: TVWriter™’s New “THE BASICS OF TV WRITING” Mini Site

We’ve all gotta learn the ropes!

So there I was, looking through this site so I could nod, Godlike, and say to myself, “It is good.” And while, yes, I thought TVWriter™ looked pretty damn good I also had this nagging feeling: “Something’s missing.”

The same nagging feeling I would have each time I finished the first draft of a script for, oh, HAWAII FIVE-0 or STREETS OF SAN FRANCISO or THE FALL GUY or MIKE HAMMER or any of the other shows I’ve written/produced.

It’s a feeling I hate. This tingling “What’s wrong?” sensation. Because it’s a call to action. I can’t go forward – can’t do anything else in the world – until I figure out the problem and fix it. read article

Bob Tinsley Sees CYBERGEDDON: A New Web Series by Anthony E. Zuiker

The creator of the most successful series of series on TV brings us the most expensive series to ever hit the web – but how’s it doing?

So, no less a personnage than CSI creator Anthony E. Freakin’ Zuiker thinks the future of video entertainment lies with web video. He is so convinced of it that he has invested a tidy $6 million in, CYBERGEDDON, a 9-episode series that debuted on Yahoo Screen the first week in October, with multiple hints that CYBERGEDDON 2 is in the works. But is it any good?

In a word: Yes.

So far I have watched the first episode and about half of the second. Each episode is 10 minutes long. Connectivity issues interrupted my viewing of the second episode, but I WILL watch the whole thing. In addition to the 90 minutes of episodes, there are another 48+ minutes in what he calls ZIPS, one minute videos that inform the back stories of the main characters. read article

Conquering Your Fears So You Can Write

…because writing’s all that counts in this life anyway…um, if you’re a writer.

Now this is a hell of a pic

Fear and Focus – by Charlotte Rains Dixon

We don’t always think of fear and focus at the same time, but there’s very good reason to pair them.

Focus.  It’s what we all desire, what gets the writing done.  Because the words don’t go on the page without it. read article

Even Bigshot Writers Get Rejected Dept

Man, this bugs us!

In a recent article in the U.K.-based Telegraph, Russell T. Davies, the man who brought us the 21st Century DOCTOR WHO, creating not just a fan fave but the biggest cash cow in BBC telly history, explains why he moved to the U.S. and then returned recently to the U.K. and also fills us in on his part in upcoming DOCTOR WHO 50th anniversary festivities: read article

Shows Some Unnamed Writer on HuffPo Won’t Watch Anymore

We’re not upset about the opinions voiced by the writer in the following article, but it does piss us off that s/he isn’t credited. (Especially since rumor has it that HuffPo doesn’t even pay.)

Is ‘Revenge’ Season 2 Bad? See The 7 Shows We’re Quitting This Season

Has “Revenge” Season 2 taken a turn for the worse? Is “Glee” still worth watching for more than just the music? Did “Boardwalk Empire” lose its way? read article