“Get in late, leave early.” attributed to William “Bill” Goldman or David Mamet. Get into the scene late, after the boring stuff/small talk would’ve happened. Leave the scene early, before it becomes boring, and outstays its welcome. South Park Approach to Turning Scenes as described by Nathan B. Weller – The But and Therefore Rule…
Category: TV Writing
Who is working?
Sobering statistics about how many WGAw writers are working year over year. (2014-2019) https://deadline.com/2020/07/wga-west-members-earned-a-record-1-68-billion-last-year-under-guild-contracts-over-scale-payments-for-agentless-writer-producers-not-reflected-in-data-1202991983/