Wednesday, October 12, 2005

Crafty TV Writing:
Thinking Inside the Box

A professional TV writer's real-world guide
to getting paid to write great television

1:34 PM

6 Comments:

Looks good.

By  Hawise, at 2:14 PM  

Yes, very good.

By  Danny Stack, at 2:17 PM  

I like it!

By  Shawna, at 2:29 PM  

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By  Kelly J. Crawford, at 12:30 AM  

Dood! I love it, love it, love it.

By  Kelly J. Crawford, at 12:32 AM  

Ack. So no one wins the autographed book? Anyone closest? ;)

"Thinking Inside the Box" - Yes, book that! Wow. Chicago Cubs World-Series-winning grand-slam-homer there. Tilt. Tilt.

But for the rest...I guess I will have to be the naysayer. (Don't shoot me, I still love yah). But it's way way too wordy; not snappy at all, doesn't flow smooth. And 'TV writer' is redundant and what of the two television's? You mean a TV writer writes Television? Shock, horror. ;) And 'to getting paid to'? Egads, that phrase could stall a semi-truck. 'Real-world guide' is good tho. Also, to further nitpick, doesn't 'getting paid' indirectly imply a professional? If you write GREAT television, heck you should be getting paid, right? Writing great television just for amusement? Count me out. ;) But if keeping "Getting Paid', maybe marry it to "Real-World"?

Keeping the 'theme' but rewriting...

* The Professional’s Real-World Guide to Writing Great Television
* The Professional Getting-Paid Guide to Writing Great Television
* The Getting-Paid Guide to Writing Great Television
* The Getting-Paid Guide to Writing Professionally Great Television
* The Professional’s Real-World & Getting-Paid Guide to Writing Great Television
* The Professional’s Getting-Paid Real-World Guide to Writing Great Television

Thoughts? :)

By  Christopher Coulter, at 6:44 AM  

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