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shadowkat1. Nathan Fillion Q&A with Gina Torres, Alan Tudyk, Joss Whedon, the Director of Rookie and Castle, people from the Castle, and the Rookie. - some nice things in there, but a lot of patting on the back and self-congratulatory stuff too. Fillion is charming as ever - and turns it into a moderated Q&A with all of his friends, because the man doesn't like talking to himself.
2. Writing for TV: From First Draft to Getting Staffed - with the writers of Moderator Spiro Skentzos (Arrow) along with Bob Goodman (Elementary, Warehouse 13, 9-1-1, Batman, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond,), Niceole Levy (Cloak & Dagger, producer of SWAT), Jaime Paglia (Eureka), and Letitia Baylor (manager, scripted content, NBCUniversal Networks, also Expanse, Dirty John, etc.) discuss navigating the TV spec terrain—including beginner’s mistakes, what they look for in a writer and what it takes for you to write a killer spec that will stand above the crowd.
Interesting - they really push the writing of spec scripts - basically writing a script for an episode of a television show that is on. And get across that the first ten pages of the script are very important. It reminds me a lot of publishing - you got to get their interest and get them into it.
3. Mother noted that I sounded better today, less panicked. True. I wasn't fighting with the union via email - which I wasted time doing on Friday and Saturday. Giving up, helped. Sometimes you just have to give up. Or know when to.
She did tell me something interesting..apparently the New York State public defenders and prosecutors are in a union too - but, it is the Automotive Workers Union. My brother's best friend is a public defender in NYC, and had to remind his union that he was a member...because the courts were pushing to pull them back to court. So ...
Public Defender: Take the Court to Court.
Automotive Workers Union: Oh, we forgot about you.
Public Defender: Yeah, yeah - take the court to court regarding the safety issue of having us work in the courthouse.
So apparently my union isn't the only one fighting this battle.
4. Loved and finished Avatar:The Last Airbender - very comforting cartoon. With some lovely themes. Also tightly written, interesting characterization, and good animation.
The Last Air Bender - Earth , Water, Air, and Fire panel with all the writers...
It's mainly about the writers of the comics and the books. Not the original series so much.
2. Writing for TV: From First Draft to Getting Staffed - with the writers of Moderator Spiro Skentzos (Arrow) along with Bob Goodman (Elementary, Warehouse 13, 9-1-1, Batman, Justice League Unlimited, Batman Beyond,), Niceole Levy (Cloak & Dagger, producer of SWAT), Jaime Paglia (Eureka), and Letitia Baylor (manager, scripted content, NBCUniversal Networks, also Expanse, Dirty John, etc.) discuss navigating the TV spec terrain—including beginner’s mistakes, what they look for in a writer and what it takes for you to write a killer spec that will stand above the crowd.
Interesting - they really push the writing of spec scripts - basically writing a script for an episode of a television show that is on. And get across that the first ten pages of the script are very important. It reminds me a lot of publishing - you got to get their interest and get them into it.
3. Mother noted that I sounded better today, less panicked. True. I wasn't fighting with the union via email - which I wasted time doing on Friday and Saturday. Giving up, helped. Sometimes you just have to give up. Or know when to.
She did tell me something interesting..apparently the New York State public defenders and prosecutors are in a union too - but, it is the Automotive Workers Union. My brother's best friend is a public defender in NYC, and had to remind his union that he was a member...because the courts were pushing to pull them back to court. So ...
Public Defender: Take the Court to Court.
Automotive Workers Union: Oh, we forgot about you.
Public Defender: Yeah, yeah - take the court to court regarding the safety issue of having us work in the courthouse.
So apparently my union isn't the only one fighting this battle.
4. Loved and finished Avatar:The Last Airbender - very comforting cartoon. With some lovely themes. Also tightly written, interesting characterization, and good animation.
The Last Air Bender - Earth , Water, Air, and Fire panel with all the writers...
It's mainly about the writers of the comics and the books. Not the original series so much.