Peggy Bechko Plays With Screenwriting Software

Well, all our non-writer friends are always saying that what we do isn’t work, right? So it must be play.

Especially for Peggy because she always, you know, makes it look so damn easy…

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Why Quality Work Isn’t Enough to Get Ahead

Major career tips from Lifehacker.Com.

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by Greg Hoy

When I was a young designer, I always asked other people how they got noticed for their work. The answer I most consistently received was “do good work.” Now, when people ask me the same question, I respond with the same answer. Good work always speaks for itself. It’s a self-promoting robot. read article

The CW’s CULT Is No More

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CULT, Rockne O’Bannon’s series about TV as, oh, the Devil, we suppose, is on its way out at The CW…and may well be history by the time you read this.

The show only managed a 0.3 rating in the 18 to 49 demo in its first two outings, which makes its cancellation justifiable homicide in any TV exec’s book. read article

Vesta Giles: Success Story – Alan Bradley finds silver screen sweetness at the bottom of the pie

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EDITED TO ADD: Holy crap! Another TVWriter™ Online Workshop student is now a best-selling author, while I, the lowly munchman, labor at my far-from-dreamy dayjob. Maybe I should do the Workshop too? LB, can ya give me a little financial breakage? Huh?

In 2003, forest fires raged through the interior of British Columbia. The oppressive heat and dryness of that summer created the perfect conditions for the fires that burned out entire towns and countless homes over an area bigger than some European countries. In Kamloops, where I live, we were surrounded on three sides with heavy smoke and flames that jumped from treetop to treetop for more than a month. It was memorable, to say the least. read article

Peer Production: More about UNTITLED WEB SERIES ABOUT A SPACE TRAVELER WHO CAN ALSO TRAVEL THROUGH TIME

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Travis Richey, the creator of this terrific series, which used to be seen on a little cult TV show called COMMUNITY, is readying Season 2 of his newly renamed – yet again  cuz that’s how he rolls – Not Inspector Spacetime web series.

The show is up on Kickstarter right now, with just a couple of days to go to reach its goal of $10,000 so it can go into production. As of this writing it’s very close, but we recommend you get over there and consider taking the plunge anyway cuz we know y’all wanna be in, hip, and trendy, and this is the in, hip, and trendy Kickstarter series to be part of. Hell, even LB coughed up a few bucks. (The man’ll do anything to get his name on the credits of a show.) read article