CounterCulture Productions Independent Filmmakers Resource reports that “(t)he New York Television Festival has teamed up with the Fox Broadcasting Company and Procter & Gamble Productions (PGP) to offer aspiring TV writers the opportunity to win $25,000, a development deal with Fox, and the possibility to have your script be produced as a network TV pilot […]

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“… I’d still guess that more people go to sci-fi movies than watch sci-fi television.  Why?  Same reason you don’t overload TV viewers with too much information.  Because most people don’t want to work that hard to watch television….”
Go To Lisa Klink’s Place …

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“… Writing pages is good, but most people spend far too little of their time working out their story before they start typing, and consequently spend much more time fixing their story once it’s written down….”
Go To Alex Epstein’s Place …

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Michael Arndt (Little Miss Sunshine, Toy Story 3) talks about process, business, and craft at a book store appearance.
(h/t — Scott Myers)
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In case anybody missed it, all ten episodes of “Season One” of The Writers Room, a Web series about a late night talk show staff featuring some real TeeVee guys and a disembodied Kevin Pollak via conference room Polycom, are now showing at YouTube. Also, in the U.S., at Hulu.
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In a recent short over at the WGA West site, Susannah Grant (Erin Brockovich, The Soloist) talks about the process of finding story in projects based on events in the lives of living persons.
Go To WGA West Site …

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“… Retrospectives are a cheap way to fill out a season’s worth of shows. They generally do well in the ratings. And networks promote the crap out of them.
One of the most horrifying experiences in my life involves a retrospective….”
Go To Ken Levine’s Place …

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“… I picked up a copy of ‘It Rhymes With Lust’ the other day, not only to find out ‘what’ exactly rhymes with ‘lust’ … but also because it was billed as ‘the first graphic novel’….”
Go To William Horberg’s Place …

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“… The most common place the free writing thing pops up is in rewrites. I’ve done a bunch of free rewrites because I would rather write for free and try to keep the script on course (oh, and the production bonus) than refuse to do the rewrites and have them hire someone else who will […]

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“… What you see is not what you get — at least not in the most intriguing characters one meets, whether in fiction or real life….”
Go To Billy Mernit’s Place …

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Don Macnab-Stark has just been hired for a rewrite on the “The Fragdoll,” a thriller set in the murky world of online gaming, for Arto Lekhamo’s Mainstream Films. Congratulations Don!
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There’s a teleconference with Hal for alumni only at 2:00p Pacific Time today. Details at the alumni network site — look for it in the “Recent News” section.
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“What compels some people to quit in the face of adversity and rejection, while others pursue their dream with a single-minded sense of purpose? Why is quitting not an option for some? What force of will fuels people to rise above bad circumstances or a string of initial failures?”
Go To Gary Goldstein’s Place …

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Kenneth Wallace has been hired to write nine episodes of an online children’s animation series. Congratulations Kenneth!
More details at Screenwriting BUZZ …

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Michael Hockney and Jacqueline Forster are working with noted Blackfoot writer Beverly Hungry Wolf to adapt her feature film “Running Eagle” for television. The pilot has been optioned and is currently in the final stages of development. Congratulations Michael and Jacqueline!
More details at Screenwriting BUZZ …

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