Awesome– You Gotta Read These!
First of all, huge thanks to an anonymous reader who directed me to “Little Big Screen,”James Wolcott‘s terrific piece in this October’s Vanity Fair about the quality of TV writing…
First of all, huge thanks to an anonymous reader who directed me to "Little Big Screen,"James Wolcott's terrific piece in this October's Vanity Fair about the quality of TV writing vs. movie writing.
And second of all, huge thanks to Dewayne, who pointed me to this incredible Aaron Sorkin piece in yesterday's New York Times. Basically, Maureen Dowd asked Sorkin to write a piece for her column, so Sorkin wrote a scene in which Barack Obama asks for advice from The West Wing's President Bartlett. It's terrific-- you gotta read this! (Why couldn't Studio 60 have been this good?!)
Jane Friedman is a full-time entrepreneur (since 2014) and has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. She is the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and is the former publisher of Writer’s Digest. In addition to being a columnist with Publishers Weekly and a professor with The Great Courses, Jane maintains an award-winning blog for writers at JaneFriedman.com. Jane’s newest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press, 2018).
