Category: About Writing
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House: From Idea To Pilot
As always, the Archive Of American Television is an amazing resource for anyone interested in making TV. Here are a few short videos of David Shore, taking us from the germ of the idea of House, through to the pilot. From that germ, he bought a lot of his own interests and obsessions into the…
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How To Pitch A TV Comedy
It’s not exactly this easy any more.
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5 Great Blogs About Writing And More
I still have a feed reader, and I still subscribe to all manner of sites and blogs, all of which give great content, great insight, and make for great reading. Here are five you might like too. The Sitcom Geek James Carey is a brilliant writer of radio shows like Hut 33, and the TV…
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Coors, It’s Smokey And The Bandit
It’s been an awfully long time since I saw Smokey And The Bandit, and I couldn’t rightly tell you anything about it, except I seem to remember enjoying it as a kid. So, here’s the basic plot of the film … It’s a ticking clock plot, which is always a good thing. Set the clock…
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Hollywood & Levine
If you don’t follow Ken Levine’s blog, you really should. His writing credits are immense, and he has a lot to say about his career, his craft, and his other interests. He’s also just started a podcast, and here’s a great episode of it, in which he discusses comedy pilots. http://traffic.libsyn.com/hollywoodandlevine/EP010_Hollywood202620Levine.mp3 Chances are, he had…
