WGAWest’s Written By magazine has released its Summer 2007 issue and it’s full of SciFi TV Writing articles. Here’s the blurb from their site:
"Holy frak! His fans believe Battlestar Galactica creator Ron Moore is resurrecting the sci-fi genre, but this showrunner’s most devout followers are on his writing staff.
Plus investigate the history […]
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The Disney/ABC TV Writing Fellowship released a press release four months ago where they profiled the writers accepted into the program based on last year’s submissions. I’m not sure if these short bios were the ones submitted by the Fellows or if Disney wrote them, but they are a good example of how to write […]
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Two weeks ago, the director of the Disney/ABC TV Writing Fellowship spoke in Los Angeles at a Screenplay Lab event. One of the writers who attended reported back on the TVWriter.com message boards with advice on the Personal Statement that is a necessary part of the submission package. They said the director is looking for […]
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DEADLINE AND FELLOWSHIP DATES HAVE CHANGED: SEE THIS POST.
Last month, I profiled the ABC/Disney Fellowship program for aspiring television writers. Today, I’ll covering the basics of the program offered by Warner Bros. studios.
Where the Disney program is a year-long, paid internship, the Warner Bros. TV Drama Writers Workshop runs from 12:30p-2:30p every Wednesday for eight […]
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When the networks announce their new schedules this time every year in New York to the advertisers, they present 4-5min movie trailers of the new shows. This year, NBC has posted those trailers on their official site. Check them out for a preview of the new SciFi shows NBC has lined up for the fall […]
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According to my beloved FutonCritic.com, "Moonlight" aka "Twilight" has been picked up by CBS for the fall. From FC:
The drama centers on a private investigator/vampire who struggles with the repercussions of immortality, his adversaries in the vampire world and the love he feels for a mortal.
This story has been done a number of times (see […]
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Over the weekend Fox network picked up "New Amsterdam" and the Terminator series "The Sarah Connor Chronicles." I haven’t seen "New Amsterdam" yet, but I have screened "The Sarah Connor Chronicles" and it is an excellent pilot. Fast-paced, great acting, exciting storytelling. This one’s going on the TiVo Season Pass list. Here’s more info on […]
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