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As part of my struggle against homesickness, I bring a little piece of Western Washington into my rented garage/laundry room/bedroom each day. My personalized Google page includes a link to a webcam pointed off of this beautiful island in Western Washington. I was surprised to log in today and see that they have snow! Meanwhile, [...]

With this posting I make a promise to you and to myself that the following lines shall never make their way into my writing. I’m not targeting clichés like, “What seems to be the problem, officer?” because people overuse them in real life as much as they do in movies and TV. Instead, the below [...]

Plot flows from character, not the other way around. Remember this maxim, and you create fantastic television, like season two of Grey’s Anatomy. Forget, and you create mediocre television. Like season three of Grey’s Anatomy. GA bought a whole lot of credibility in my eyes last season with their Super Bowl stunt. What happened? ABC [...]

The trifecta of break-out hits for this season looks like this: ABC-Ugly Betty, CBS-Jericho, NBC-Heroes. As an aspiring TV writer, I feel that it’s part of my “job” to be abreast of new programs, and especially the ones that are doing well. So it is that I have made an effort to watch the first [...]

Ha-ha!  My efforts to involve talent in my upcoming reading have paid off.  I got word today from the manager of my first choice that she will be joining us.  Which means she must have read my script and decided it didn’t totally suck.  Sweeeeet.

…just rent How Stella Got Her Groove Back. Daybreak debuted with an average of about 14 million viewers across it’s time slot. Sigh. America, you get that it’s Groundhog Day, right?

Yesterday I felt so knowledgeable about my process of getting talent to consider joining my reading. And I still am, but I also made a big mistake today. An agent gave me a slap on the wrist, and I deserved it. Now, kids, don’t do what Donny Don’t does…I was at the final stage, where [...]

When we started the process of putting together the table reading for Fat Guy, Hot Wife, “Seth” indicated that he wanted to involve only actors with significant TV credits. I created a wish list of people I felt had the right look and background, and he indicated that he had a connection here or there [...]

So the cool part is that I got a voice mail directly from the sitcom actress we were hoping could do our reading, in which she congratulates me on writing such a funny script. The bad part is that she’s busy and won’t be able to participate. Hmmm… that hurts my cred a little. Not [...]

“Seth” had coffee last night with an actress to discuss her participation in our reading. Without naming any names, she was an ensemble cast member on a sitcom that’s closer to 1 than it is to 50 on TV Guide’s “Top 50 Greatest Shows of All Time” list. She’s going to take a look at [...]

NBC has announced a shift in schedule. Starting November 30th, Thursday nights will look like this 8:00 My Name Is Earl 8:30 The Office 9:00 Scrubs 9:30 30 Rock 10:00 E.R. Do you recognize it, people? It’s actual Must-See TV! Four sitcoms and a drama! The sitcom, my chosen art form… not dead as everyone [...]

When Veronica Mars first came on the air, I couldn’t get enough. Here was an interesting, character-driven premise with clever stories, solid dialogue, and worthy actors supporting well-written relationships. The show had a solid mix of weekly mystery plot combined with season-long Big Mystery subplot. Here was a show that could be the methadone to [...]