CBS Announces They Will Add More Gay Characters to Their Shows

What's your opinion? Should networks force writers to add diversity characters to meet quotas? From The Hollywood Reporter: CBS adding ...

Jerry Brown Releases Plan for Higher Ed

Jerry Brown’s recently released plan for education has a few good vague ideas sprinkled amongst some very bad notions. Starting with the g...

LA Surface Street Shortcuts

Another great post from Mike DeHart at KeyPA.net.  Print it out.  Put it in your glove box. LA Driving Shortcuts Mike DeHart Almost all entr...

Moving to LA? Some Thoughts on Where You Should (and Shouldn't) Live

Some great advice from Mike DeHart at KeyPA.net: How to Pick Your Hood Mike DeHart Los Angles is a huge and picking the area you’re going to...

Another University Fights Back

Check out this great video by professor Eva von Dassow from U. of Minessota. No, that is not me in drag, but she could easily be speaking a...

Best Free Smart Phone Apps for Production Assistants

Via KeyPA.net : Whether it’s the iphone, Droid, Palm Pre or Blackberry, smart phones have changed the game for PA’s and all entry level ente...

How to Write Something Exactly Like This Year's Hit, But Slightly Different

Lots of good information in this post from Alex Epstein .

Agents and Managers and Lawyers, OH MY!

What's the difference and which one(s) do I need?    Entourage When it comes to agents, managers and lawyers, who’s holding the best han...

An In-depth Explanation of Writer's Job Titles

Several months ago, my husband wrote this post to explain writer's job titles and duties.  For a more in- depth look at each position, ...

Internships: Ithaca | LA

I'm slowly compiling internship listings. Ithaca College offers fall, spring and summer internships for Ithaca AND Non-Ithaca students...

The Writers Guild Foundation's TV Day 2010

The Writers Guild Foundation's TV Day 2010 is a must attend event if you have any interest in writing for TV. Check out the amazing line...

What is a Beat Sheet?

John August explains : Beat sheets are a form of outline. Each major plot point gets its own bullet point (or occasionally, a number). Tha...

FAQs of Aspiring Writers

Lisa Takeuchi Cullen "a mid-career journalist trying to write one-hour dramas" answers the FAQ of aspiring writers in her blog, Wa...

Interview with Writers' PA

Via Amanda the Aspiring TV Writer : Sam is a writers PA on a new network drama that will premiere in the fall. I asked him 5 questions abou...

Should You Pay For Script Notes? ... and the Importance of Moving to LA.

I've never paid for script notes, and aside from collecting donations for Haiti post earthquake , I've never charged for them. I...

Nurse Jackie Now Hiring NY Writers

Via Deadline.com : Showtime’s set-in-New York and filmed-in-New York dark comedy series Nurse Jackie will now also be written in New York. I...

Moving to LA? Buy Sunglasses.

That's my advice for you today.  It's very bright here.

LifestyleLemonaid.com: Another Blog becomes a TV Show

From Deadline.com : HBO has just bought a comedy pitch based on the modern day Lucy-&-Ricky 10-year marriage of Brandt and Nikki Joel. ...

Social Network Trailer

Aaron Sorkin, how I love thee.  And Scala & Kolacny Brothers' cover of Radiohead's Creep -- amazing. It's embarrassing how m...

UC Regents Agree to Blame Sacramento and Congratulate Themselves

One of the most annoying parts of any UC Regents meeting is the constant, time-consuming ritual of self-praise. Near the start of the meeti...

Nickelodeon Writer's Symposium

Via Amanda the Aspiring TV Writer :  The Nickelodeon Writer’s Symposium, in partnership with the Indian Film Festival of Los Angeles , is a ...

Attn: Comic-Con Fans

Via Deadline.com: Warner Bros Unveils Eleven Comic-Con Limited Edition Collector Bags.

The Importance of Your First 10 Pages

Have I mentioned how much I love Alex Epstein's blog? He recently wrote a post regarding the importance of the first 10 pages of your s...

Interviews from Banff World TV Festival

Alex Epstein attended Banff World Television Festival and posted amazing transcripts of interviews with Ian Brennen (creator of Glee ), Jam...