"While being battered always hurts, an important survival mechanism I’ve acquired over the years is to both thrive on rejection and hold on to compliments. Rejection enrages me, but that 'I’ll show you!' feeling is an extremely powerful motivator. I’m at a point now where I’m afraid that if I lose it I’ll stop working. … Continue reading Matthew Weiner’s Advice to Struggling Artists
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Pilot episodes: Premises, Premises
Here is a new post from writer Earl Pomerantz about the first episode of television series: does it need to be about how the situation in the comedy started (premise) or not? Can the half hour pilot simply be a typical episode of what is to come during the season? Pomerantz says it doesn't matter, … Continue reading Pilot episodes: Premises, Premises
