Know that question everybody asks people who work in TV? I mean the one that goes, “Why is TV so bad?”
Well, today variety.com is giving us the answer. After months of so-called on-air auditions for a new live host of Jeopardy to replace the sadly dead old host, it looks like the new host is -wait for it:
A quick note to let you know that my next 4 week long Master Class in TV & Film Writing (or maybe it’s the other way around, I keep forgetting) starts August 18th.
That class is filled now, at least on paper because you never know who is actually going to show up and who isn’t, even if they’ve paid. So if you’re interested in joining next time around – or after that – give me a holler at larrybrody@tvwriter.com and we’ll talk about it.
When Nathan Bransford offers advice, we listen. In case you’re wondering why, here he is once again with an unconventional but to the mind of this TVWriter™ minion brilliant take on the age-old platitude to “show don’t tell” in your writing.
by Nathan Bransford
“Show don’t tell” is simultaneously some of the best and worst writing
This morning, blogger/radio personality Paul Harris demonstrates the cultural significance of film when it’s in the hands of a truly brilliant writer like the legendary Paddy Chayefsky.
It’s not war that’s insane, you see. It’s the morality of it. It’s not greed or ambition that makes wars. It’s goodness. Wars are always fought for the best of reasons…Next war, it seems we’ll have to destroy all of man in order to preserve his damn dignity.…
~from The Americanization of Emily (1964)