Fri, 4 November 2005
Hollywood is quite a ride...
...and there's no shortcut to the front of the line. Well, not for us mortals... Our apologies for the long delay with this one. |
Fri, 2 September 2005
Our TV pitch finds a buyer...
What more is there to say? A lot, actually... |
Tue, 2 August 2005
...and on the page
We've got some career updates first, and then we tackle a tricky question: what the hell is "voice" in a script? |
Fri, 22 July 2005
Bring on the body bags..
...'cause there's a war of ideas going on, and the casualties are piling up. |
Wed, 20 July 2005
You can count on 'em when you pitch
A good meeting is about more than picking the right mineral water. |
Thu, 23 June 2005
What makes a writer?
Writing, of course. And you'd better love the painful, frustrating act of creating for its own sake, 'cause that's what it's all about. |
Thu, 16 June 2005
It's crunch time
The networks start buying TV ideas in a couple weeks and we're feverishly pumping out more pitches. Which begs the question: what makes a show really work? |
Thu, 19 May 2005
There's always a ray of hope...
...but it's usually shining down through a sewer grate. |
Fri, 6 May 2005
So you think you've got a great idea for a movie?
So did we... |
Wed, 13 April 2005
Okay, we're all caught up on how we got here.
Now we're pitching our TV show idea to Showtime, FX, and HBO. |
Wed, 13 April 2005
The first of 3 podcasts about giving up our old lives to become writers in Hollywood.
In this episode, we decide to try writing, even though we have it pretty good in Minnesota. Then we got a call... |
Wed, 13 April 2005
The second of 3 podcasts about giving up our old lives to become writers in Hollywood.
We land in LA. And while having a job on the Disney studio lot is pretty cool, it ain't easy to starting all over again. |
Wed, 13 April 2005
The last episode in our "how we got here" series.
We finally sell a script. Then another. And another... |
The comedy and tragedy of writing in Hollywood
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