Tag: TVWriter™

Update About Amazon Studios

From the amazingly wonderful blog written by John August, who knows this stuff better than anybody. Wow.

Articles like this are just the tip of the iceberg at johnaugust.com. (In other words, GO THERE!)
Alert: The following was not written by John but by Reader Mike (but it’s still informative as hell).

Amazon Studios at AFF

Amazon Studios has been a much–discussed topic on both the blog and the podcast. Last week at the Austin Film Festival, the company made a presentation explaining how they work with screenwriters.Reader Mike attended and took notes, which he generously offered to write up.

first personA little bit about my background: I started out working at a production company as an intern and as a reader, kept working at writing and eventually got representation from a manager and an agent. I’ve had scripts go out and I’ve done the studio water bottle tour a couple of times, but have yet to earn a single penny as a writer.

I consider myself in that grey, ugly pool of zombie writers: Part alive, but mostly dead inside. read article

Another Attempt to Prove H’wood Employs Women

We’re seeing this particular slant in articles about women who get writing gigs a lot these days. I admire the females being praised here, but c’mon, people , you only insult these talented individuals by emphasizing their gender instead of their writing chops.

Women Created and Centric TV Roundup – by Kerensa Cadenas (Indiewire.Com)

In women and television news, some more promising deals have been cropping up from NBC, The Hallmark Channel and MTV. read article

Chris Carter Talks About Himself

…Also about THE X-FILES and the projects he’s been working on since. (You know, the ones that haven’t gotten very far but still manage to pay him well because that’s the difference between how an entry-level writer and a respected old pro fail. Well, that and the fact that the old pros have to go to a lot of meetings to get their checks while we entry-level types just sit in our bathrobes and play with our iPhones.)

Chris Carter Talks The Legacy of ‘The X-Files,’ Returning to TV and Why You Have to Read The Comments – by Daniel Carlson

Chris Carter is responsible for the nightmares of a generation. read article

The Doctor Puppet Shows Us Around Scotland

…Where, as it turns out, LB’s Oldest Daughter Jenny, got married. In a medieval cathedral. Adjacent to a medieval castle. With a piper and haggis and – oh, wait, that’s his story to tell (so we think you should bug him about it).

Know what we really love about this pic? The Tardis! See? It’s right there!

I almost forgot – I still have pictures from my UK trip to share with you all! While in Edinburgh, Scotland I heard about the amazing views of the city and ocean from Arthur’s Seat, which is an extinct volcano! So cool. It was a rather steep climb, so Alisa and I took the TARDIS to the top. The view did not disappoint, but I found the wind to be quite bothersome. Next stop – Wales!

See more pics read article

Avoiding Stress the Way the Ancients Did

In the words of Cato the Younger: “Uh-oh…”

Cheatsheet from Liam McLennan via William B. Irvine

Stoicism for Modern Stresses: 5 Lessons From Cato – by Rob Goodman & Jimmy Soni

Julius Caesar wanted to end him. George Washington wanted to be him. And for two thousand years, he was a singular subject of plays, poetry, and paintings, with admirers as diverse as Benjamin Franklin, the poet Dante, and the Stoic emperor Marcus Aurelius.

Yet, for all that, you’ve probably never heard of him… read article