i met juliana a few months ago here at nickelodeon when a group of us volunteered for the young storytellers foundation. once a week, we helped a group a 5th graders write their own screenplays, and it wasn’t long before we learned we were both writers going through different writing programs. i asked her to do…
i have a first person post on john august’s blog! http://johnaugust.com/2011/pixel-tv-nickelodeon i want to thank john for giving writers the chance to share their stories. i loved reading about everyone’s first person experiences, and found them to be very inspiring. hopefully mine’s not too bad!
ROBOT & MONSTER i got to sit in on the writers’ room of robot & monster for one day as they were revising a script. the head writers weren’t there, so the room consisted of the story editor, 2 writers, a script coordinator, and me just watching. they projected the script up on the wall and…
i like to make lists and track my progress with things. here’s what i’ve done in the first 6 months of the year. i’m only counting things that i finished, because starting something and not finishing it isn’t an accomplishment. finished my community spec that i started in dec 2010. wrote a spec for the…
I haven’t had the fortune of actually meeting Nora and Lilla, but Brian is friends with them and asked on my behalf if they’d be interested in doing an interview. They were gracious enough to agree! After they finished the WB Writers’ Workshop in 2009, they’ve worked on FRINGE, HUMAN TARGET, and are currently on…
A mutual friend introduced me to LaToya soon after she finished the Warner Brothers Writers’ Workshop. I thought her journey was very inspiring, so I asked if she’d be willing to share her experiences. What spec did you submit to get into the WB Writers’ Workshop? What made you pick that show? SONS OF ANARCHY. …
i bought the ipad when it first came out, and i use it all the time to get real work done. its portability and long battery life often makes it a better choice than my laptop. here are some apps that i like. omnioutliner omnioutliner costs more than the average app ($20!), but it’s worth every…
this past month of the fellowship has been frustrating. i’ve been waiting to go into the writers’ room since may. in past years, the fellows went to the rooms earlier, but for some reason, things seem to be taking a lot longer this year. kevin finally got to join the tuff puppy writers room on…
i wanted to do some interviews with other writers who have gone through the writing programs. i’m starting with fellow nick fellow brian stampnitsky. i actually met brian before the fellowship in a tv writing class at io west, and just by coincidence, we both made it as finalists, and then made it in as…
the writers guild recently released The 2011 Hollywood Writers Report. The present report shows that women writers remain stuck at 28 percent of television employment, while their share of film employment actually declined a percentage point since the last report to 17 percent. Although the minority share of television employment increased a percentage point to…
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