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Down the Rabbit Hole

Robin Amos Kahn | Posted 05.27.2013 | Comedy
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Robin Amos Kahn

The dreams you had when you were a kid are still alive in you, and that it's never to late to live them. Okay, maybe you're never going to be a major league pitcher, but you can still coach a baseball team or play baseball.

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Pitch Notes

Chris Kelly | Posted 05.10.2013 | Comedy
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Chris Kelly

I have this idea I love. It's totally getable but it's also sort of... out there. That's why I thought of you guys first. I shouldn't say this, but this is something I could only do here on HBO (Showtime/FX/Starz/AMC/Netflix/Disney XD).

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6 Vital Lesson I Learned About Life While Writing Thousands of Jokes for TV

Jon Hotchkiss | Posted 04.27.2013 | Media
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Jon Hotchkiss

Because writing for TV is not science, anyone who tells you anything about the quality or the potential for your written material's success -- no matter how confident they sound, successful they are or if they have J. Woww on speed dial -- is just taking a guess.

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I Made a Six-Hour TV Series in My Garage

Jon Hotchkiss | Posted 04.15.2013 | Comedy
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Jon Hotchkiss

Why do you think so much TV feels so homogenized? So watered down? So "non-threatening?" So much like just plain, ordinary chocolate ice-cream. Here, I'll tell you.

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That Deadly Pinter Sneer

Sherman Yellen | Posted 02.03.2013 | Arts
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Sherman Yellen

Harold Pinter nearly killed me. Not with a knife, a bullet, or a karate chop, but with that most deadly of all weapons, a lofty sneer.

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Is TV Writing the Best Job Ever?

Jane Espenson | Posted 02.12.2012 | TV
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Jane Espenson

TV writing (and web writing) is the best job ever. I feel lucky every day. I learn every day. And they pay for lunch every day. Score. Hang around and I'll tell you what I know.

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Screenwriting 101 For Geeks

Amy E. Berg | Posted 11.16.2011 | Home
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Amy E. Berg

A huge part of being a successful screenwriter is the ability to win over people. You do this by selling your ideas to your colleagues in a writers room or persuading studio executives to buy your pilot or feature film concept.

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Ellen Sandler, TV Writing Guru

Abe Schwartz | Posted 07.19.2011 | Entertainment
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Abe Schwartz

I've come to realize that managers and producers aren't just looking to read spec episodes of shows already on the air. They want to read original content in which the writer's most passionate voice really shines through.

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