A friend of mine has a theory that Nickelodeon serves as the incubator for tomorrow’s best talent. I’ve been watching a show lately that convinces me that the “for kids” network is in fact the home of TODAY’s best. Avatar: the Last Airbender is quality. It’s a cartoon, yes. But this show demonstrates the kind [...]
Yesterday an acquaintance was trading schedules with me, and he suggested we get together, “after the Holiday.” It has, for some reason, become a real peeve of mine over the last couple of years when people refer to Christmas as “the Holiday.” No, I’m not offended as a Christian. I thought the “War on Christmas” [...]
I had the good fortune to attend one of America’s more prestigious universities. While there, I read an excellent column in which the author found the student body guilty of raised inflection when telling people where we went to school. It was a way of asking forgiveness, simultaneous with one’s confession of being an overachiever. [...]
OK, normally I support networks giving TV shows a chance to find their legs. We’ve seen far too many decent show never given the chance to gel because they didn’t become instant hits. And normally I insist that people not judge a TV show without actually giving the pilot episode a look. However… I’m perfectly [...]
Yesterday I posted that the time to really take a look at changing your script is when you start to hear more than one trusted voice providing the same opinion.Following my reading, there has been exactly one thing that more than one industry professional suggested I change in Fat Guy, Hot Wife. It concerns a [...]
Any salt-worthy writer knows the value of another pair of eyes to go over his screenplay. Building a world and a group of people and a journey is a huge task, and the best of us can lose perspective. There comes a point where you need feedback. You have your wonderful story in your head, [...]
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