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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 10, 2011 0:24:33 GMT -5
...a television network picked up a pitch for a reality show about writers?
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 10, 2011 1:19:19 GMT -5
I feel like this wouldn't be so exciting. Watching people sit in front of computers, sit in front of books, sit in front of coffee... And then, for the dramatic season finale, TWO WRITERS HAVE COFFEE TOGETHER and discuss how little money they're making and how they're worried that soon they won't be able to afford more books AND coffee and will have to choose between the two.
This dilemma will be the cliffhanger that forces the network to sign on for a second season.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 10, 2011 11:22:35 GMT -5
It doesn't have to be limited to just writers. Editors, literary agents, cover designers, and everyone else involved in the world of writing and publishing could be included. Besides, all reality television is "spiced up" to draw in more viewers.
From the writer's perspective, all of the above that you've said is true, but don't writers also struggle with writer's block and the frustration that follows? Sudden flashes of inspiration hastily written down only to be dissatisfied with the result later? It wouldn't be great television, but it would work. If I people can enjoy watching other people frantically cut up fabric and make a frock out it, why shouldn't writing be given the same light?
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 10, 2011 14:59:23 GMT -5
Oh, a publishing show might be interesting, though I feel it would need to be scripted instead of reality-based. Then again, I think everything is better scripted than reality-based. I prefer cohesive plots and foreshadowing in my shows, so I don't watch a ton of reality television...
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 10, 2011 23:38:41 GMT -5
Maybe you're all right. I think I've been reading too much Romantic literature and have my head in the clouds with the show being focused on the writers and their writing process. Publishing would be fun to watch. I think I also prefer scripted television shows (But what would I know? The only television show I really watch is Glee) to reality television shows. Hm, maybe instead of a reality television show, it could be a publishing show like the many hospital-related television shows out there. Imagine a senior editor like Dr. House!
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 11, 2011 0:28:54 GMT -5
Hm, maybe instead of a reality television show, it could be a publishing show like the many hospital-related television shows out there. Imagine a senior editor like Dr. House! YES! That would be awesome. |
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Post by serpentheart on Jul 11, 2011 7:47:31 GMT -5
Well, recently there was a show about television script-writers: Episodes. It's scripted and a comedy but.. it's about writing.
I know there was a Project Runway sort of show with visual artists. I'm not sure if that went anywhere past auditions.
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Post by Dodger Thirteen on Jul 11, 2011 10:37:04 GMT -5
Episodes with Matt LeBlanc.
Yeah. It's...alright. The main characters are British? But no hot guys (unless you like Matt LeBlanc?). :c
As for this, I think a scripted show about writers would be pretty good. Or something like The Jane Austen Book Club, about a book group and the crazy shenanigans they get up to that JUST SO HAPPEN to match the book(s) they are reading at the time.
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 11, 2011 15:26:56 GMT -5
Interesting! That would be pretty great! And the focus could change from episode to episode--like a Poe episode one week, an Orwell one the next...
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 11, 2011 18:54:56 GMT -5
Unrelatedly, I'm still waiting on the Jane Austen Fight Club film. Anybody with me on this?
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 12, 2011 20:52:39 GMT -5
Unrelatedly, I'm still waiting on the Jane Austen Fight Club film. Anybody with me on this? I saw the trailer on youtube. It was A-MAZING. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 13, 2011 20:31:56 GMT -5
Well, recently there was a show about television script-writers: Episodes. It's scripted and a comedy but.. it's about writing. That annoys me with television. If a character is going to be a writer they end up being a script-writer. Yeah, I understand that it is an area that the writers of the show are very familiar with but...please just try something new? Like a haiku writer or something. |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 13, 2011 23:29:55 GMT -5
That annoys me with television. If a character is going to be a writer they end up being a script-writer. Yeah, I understand that it is an area that the writers of the show are very familiar with but...please just try something new? Like a haiku writer or something. That would actually be a really hilarious online miniseries -- the first webisode would be five minutes long, the second seven, and the third five. |
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Post by andreaisabbbw on Jul 15, 2011 3:01:19 GMT -5
Like a haiku writer or something. That would actually be a really hilarious online miniseries -- the first webisode would be five minutes long, the second seven, and the third five. That would be so awesome. And the titles could be cryptic haikus! (Is haikus the correct plural form of haiku? Or is it haiki? Does anyone know?) |
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Post by onlyaworkingtitle on Jul 15, 2011 4:31:41 GMT -5
(Is haikus the correct plural form of haiku? Or is it haiki? Does anyone know?) If it were anything, it would be "haiku" -- Japanese doesn't differentiate for plurals (listeners rely on context). |
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