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Monday, December 29, 2008

Anne Lamott is one of my favourite writers and the author of my favourite book on writing, Bird by Bird.
What I love about Lamott is her forgiving, generous spirit.  She is the proponent of the shitty first draft; it doesn’t need to be good, it just has to be written.  She understands that 90%  of […]

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Wednesday, October 29, 2008

Like Denis, I was at the Playback Innovation Forum yesterday.  Denis has got some valid criticisms of the event in his post, so I’ll go straight to the content.
James Manos Jr.
Bill Brioux interviewed James Manos Jr, who developed Dexter for television but left the series sometimes during the first season.  Manos is a bit […]

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When I’m in My Head, I’m in a Bad Neighborhood

Tuesday, October 28, 2008

I’m listening to David Milch talking about writing with Bill Kurtis in the Paley Center for Media Studies program called A Conversation with David Milch.  It’s from way back in 2004, but still illuminating.  Man, can Milch talk.  And, man is it interesting.
Here are a few quotes:
The last novel [Herman Melville] wrote sold about seven […]

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Milch Lecture Online

Tuesday, January 8, 2008

Check out the videos of David Milch on “The Idea of the Writer” here.

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A Few End of Year Thoughts

Friday, December 28, 2007

The strike, the internet and the future of television seem to be the topic of the moment. Will the strike drive viewers to the web? Will the internet spell the end of TV as we know it? Can television ever recover?
I think it’s pretty clear that if you’re a drama […]

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Totally Off Topic

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

There’s a web site up for Aaron Sorkin’s latest project: the Farnsworth Invention:
It’s 1929. Two ambitious visionaries race against each other to invent a device called “television.” Separated by two thousand miles, each knows that if he stops working, even for a moment, the other will gain the edge. Who will unlock the key […]

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