Monday, February 22, 2010
Today, the Writers Guild of Canada announced the finalists for the 2010 WGC Screenwriting Awards. I thrilled and excited to see so many friends nominated. Good luck to all.
Animation
Grossology “New Recruits.” Written by Richard Clark
Total Drama Action “Crouching Courtney, Hidden Owen.” Written by Alex Ganetakos
League of Super Evil “Glory Hog.” Written by Philippe Ivanusic-Vallee and […]
Tuesday, December 29, 2009
Technology has affected writers in the last 10 years. In my last post, I talked about viewing habits. Today, I’m going to look at some of the other digital developments and how they affected us.
Blogs
Although blogs have been around since the mid-90s, free blogging services that made it possible for anyone to blog easily arrived […]
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Monday, December 28, 2009
2010 is a milestone. As a writer, my major objection to the first decade of the century has been about naming it. I hate the way this sounds:
The first decade of the two thousands.
On the hand, this rolls off the fingertips:
The first decade of the nineteen hundreds
But other than that, these last ten years have […]
Saturday, November 14, 2009
Showrunner Malcolm MacRury’s new series Cra$h & Burn premieres on Showcase this Wednesday night, November the 18th. You should definitely watch it. The show is terrific and entertaining.
Malcolm was a guest at a recent Writers Watching TV screening in Toronto and he talked at length about the genesis of the series and the writing process […]
Thursday, October 22, 2009
Writers Talking TV is the new podcast from the Writers Guild of Canada. Our first episode features Jeff Biederman and Jefferey Alan Schechter talking about their new series Overruled! They are very funny and informative. It’s a long listen at an hour and twenty minutes so you may want to load it onto your iPod […]
Wednesday, October 14, 2009
For the last couple of years, screenwriters in Toronto have been getting together on an almost monthly basis to talk craft at an event we call Writers Watching TV and its sponsored by the Writers Guild of Canada. A showrunner brings his or her latest work for us to screen and then we have a […]
Tickets for the 13th Annual Writers Guild of Canada Awards are now on sale.
Hosted by Geri Hall of 22 Minutes the Awards will take place on Monday April 20th, 2009 at Maro (135 Liberty St, Toronto)
Cocktails: 7:30 p.m.
Ceremony: 8:30 p.m.
Reception: 9:30 p.m.
Tickets are available online* at www.wgc.ca.
WGC Members $45 (2 per member) / Non-Members $75 […]
Thursday, February 26, 2009
Presenting at the CRTC New Media Hearing this week as part of the Writers Guild of Canada team was an eye-opener. WGC President Becky Schechter, Executive Director Maureen Parker, Director of Policy Kelly-Lynne Ashton and I worked intensely on our submission – for weeks in advance and then the entire day before, staying up late, […]
The Writers Guild of Canada hosted the Canadian Screenwriting Awards last night and it was fabulous. But the guild hosted another event over the weekend as well: the National Forum, an annual gathering of writers from around the country to review the past year and look ahead to the future of writing.
Two guests on […]
