Think about it. To entice customers streaming services need to be the exclusive provider of as many good/popular shows as possible. Which means they’re going to have to license or produce the best of the best.
Neither of those alternatives is cheap. In fact, they’re downright expensive. Can streaming services continue their exorbitant spending without having to charge viewers the proverbial arm and a leg?
The longtime friend of Larry Brody those of us here at TVWriter™ call “The Impatient Showrunner” has this to say about dialog:
It’s a not so well-kept secret that many – I’d say most – TV executives only read the dialog when going through a script by an unknown.
EDITOR’S ALERT: This is the latest installment of Stacey Jones’ discussion of Loki and its place in the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Or is it the Marvel Televerse? The real universe, maybe? My mind, it be a’wondering.
Anyway, like it says in the title of this post, a world of SPOILERS awaits below the thin red line. Oh, and also an assumption that you’re familiar with the MCU!
It’s coming down to the nitty gritty, now, kids!
Uh-oh….
Is it impossible to escape the feeling of failure? After all, don’t we feel we fail more in life than succeed? You’ve probably heard plenty of famous quotes about failure. “Giving up is the only way to fail.” “If at first, you don’t succeed, try, try, and try again.” There are literally hundreds of famous quotes on failure. They point to it being an inevitable truth of existence. And how turning failure into a learning experience is what successful people do. There is truth in all of those famous quotes. But knowing useful ways to think about failure is one thing. Understanding how to actually do it is an entirely different thing.
Pamela Adlon is a not-so-old pro who has learned one of the most important writing lessons (in all media) the hard way:
What’s bad for your life is good for your writing