Finding Time to Write as an Assistant

A reader asks: I am different for most students here in that I committed to it only 6 months ago. I have taken screenwriting classes since s...

Where to Download Pilot and Series Scripts

Thank you to HUSN member Wendy for these links! http://sites.google.com/site/tvwriting/ http://tv.groups.yahoo.com/group/tvwriters/files (Y...

Should You Make the Feature Version of Your Short Film?

John August discusses...

The Best Entry Level Jobs for Aspiring Writers

Are there certain entry-level jobs, besides a writer's assistant position, that are more helpful to writers than other entry-level jobs?...

Writing for 3-D

John August discusses...

A Bond Rater Gives UC Its Marching Orders

Moody’s has rated the University of California’s bonds as aA1, and the university’s finances have been defined as stable. However, the high...

Inside the Writer's Room at M*A*S*H

Ken Levine takes you inside the story breaking process on M*A*S*H...

A Day in the Life of a Script Coordinator

Visit Eureka Unscripted for a breakdown of Script Coordinator John Herrera's day.

Agency Fires Employees for Forwarding Company Email

Another example of why you shouldn't facebook, tweet, or fwd messages regarding your job: Mass Reprimands, 4 Firings At WME Over That Fl...

How to Format Numbers in Dialogue

"One hundred" versus "100."  John August discusses...

The Academy's Film Noir Series

Fifteen film noir classics from the 1940s, all of which were nominated in the writing categories, will be celebrated in a summer-long screen...

On The Use and Abuse of Graduate Students in the Humanities

In a recent New York Times article, “ The Long Haul Degree ,” Patricia Cohen outlines many of the hard realities facing graduate students i...

Advice from Technical Advisors

I recently wrote a pilot including extensive descriptions of human cadaver dissection.  Luckily, I know a number or doctors and nurses who w...

WGA West's Interviews with Screenwriters

Check out WGA West's 2010 interviews with various screenwriters ; includes NANCY MYERS [It's Complicated], IAN BRENNAN and BRAD FUL...

PA Stories

I recently came across The Anonymous Production Assistant’s Blog , providing tales from the production office, advice on how to find a job, ...

Canadian Writing Programs and Contests

Check out Alex Epstein's posts on Feature It! and CFC's CBC Prime Time Television Program .

Vanity Cards

Ken Levine discusses the high-class problem of having to create a vanity card...

Filming Before a Live Studio Audience

Ken Levine discusses what night of the week is best for filming before a live studio audience...

Script Formatting: When Two Characters Are Played By the Same Actor

John August discusses...

Looking to Receive Notes on Your Spec?

Many HUSN members have expressed interest in receiving feedback on their specs from fellow writers. If you have a spec you would like share,...

Family Comedies Panel

WHAT'S NEW, WHAT'S NOT? THE NEXT GENERATION OF FAMILY COMEDIES Thursday, 5/27/10 6:45 p.m. WGF/WGA Offices, 7000 W 3rd St, LA 90048 ...

NYT: The Writer's Room at "24"

Amanada the Aspiring TV Writer posted this link to The Writer's Room at "24," written by Alex Berenson, the show's consu...

Working Your Way Up in Television: An Entertainment Career Workshop

PLEASE RSVP TO: atascareerworkshop@yahoo.com NOTE: Each individual attendee must RSVP for themselves only. DO NOT RSVP FOR YOURSELF AND A GU...

UCLA Extention Program: From Assistant/Intern to Studio Executive or Producer

Interested in information about the most effective path to a successful career in entertainment? Interested in being a studio executive, pro...

Why UC has Huge Legal Bills

While the University of California is a huge system, and many things can go wrong and right, there does appear to be an anti-employee cultur...

Series Standings - 4/12/10

From the LA Times : Here is where all TV series stand now. We will update this list as TV executives make up their minds over the next sever...

Writer's Room Event - Screenwriter Donna Powers

A little somethin' for us on the East side of town... WRITERS' MIXER 5372 W. Pico Blvd. 90019, near Hauser contact@WritersRoomLA.com...

Why Journalists Make Good Scriptwriters

Jane Espenson explains...

Reasons Why UC Faculty Should Not Buy into the Pension Scare

The main reason why UC faculty and employees should question the current claims concerning the underfunding of the pension plan and retiree ...

The [Un]Importance of GPAs

A reader asks: I had an appointment with my adviser and he said something along the lines of "When it comes down to it, GPA's don...

Warning: Tricky Accounting is Threatening Our Benefits

The UC system has embarked in the process of downsizing retiree benefits, and it looks like their manipulative campaign is working. Last we...

Updated Job Listings

In preparation for staffing season, I've updated HU's job listings sites.

Is Grad School Beneficial to Scriptwriters?

I received the following question from a blog reader: Do you have an opinion one way or the other about the value of getting a graduate degr...

Writer's Room Event - Writer AYANN FLOYD (Private Practice)

THIS WEEKEND Join the Writer’s Room “Conversations with Working Writers” and 1-hour television writer Ayanna Floyd for a frank discussion o...

What is Script Coverage?

A reader recently asked: So I've been looking at a lot of Internships online and with most of them one of the duties is Script Coverage....