Q:I vaguely remember hearing about it awhile ago but never looked into it. Thanks for the advise! I'm definitely going to check it out and hopefully participate the next time!!

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This year in Toronto it’s set to be in October, tentatively. Here is the calendar: http://www.48hourfilm.com/tour/chronological.php

Mexico City is, again supposedly, going to be in September. I can’t wait!

If you participate it would be really nice to talk about how the experience goes in different cities.

Hope you give it a shot. You won’t regret it.

Congratulations, Your Pilot Just Got Picked Up. Here’s What You Have to Do: Everything

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Noah HawleyNoah Hawley is a novelist (The Good Father) and screenwriter (Lies and Alibis) who created and ran two TV shows for ABC (The Unusuals and My Generation). In this exclusive post, Hawley offers an insider’s perspective on what it’s like to have your show selected for a network’s fall schedule.

First of all, holy crap. You’ve already accomplished six impossible things. You sold a pilot idea. You navigated the development process and wrote a script that got the pilot shot, and you made a pilot that got the show picked up to series. Okay, three impossible things.

So what happens now? In a word, everything. First of all, even though your show just got picked up, you’re already 2 to 4 weeks behind schedule.

What? No, you heard me right. It’s May 15th. You need to be shooting by July 15th in order to premiere in late September. Which means you need to have your first script done in 6 weeks. And since you want at least ten weeks to hire writers and start breaking episodes, you’re 4 week behind right there.

Plus, you have to build sets. Which will take at least 8 weeks, but first you have to hire a production designer and supporting crew, which takes 3-4 weeks. So you’re about 5 weeks behind there. Why are you wasting time reading this?

So, what should you do first? Go to New York for the upfronts. The network won’t pay for you to go, but you should go anyway, because it’s cool to sit in Lincoln Center or Carnegie Hall and see people talk about your show, and also to go to the parties.

Celebrate, in other words.

But while you’re there you should hire ten writers, a production designer, a post producer, a producing director, three editors, find office space and start breaking
episodes. Just kidding! You’ll have two or three days to do all that when you get back.

What’s next? Here are 10 critical things to know/think about as you race through the next four months until your show is on TV. (Holy crap, your show goes on the air in four months!)

#1 - You are now the CEO of a $60 million dollar corporation. Let that sink in for a moment.

In addition to hiring writers and running the story department, you are in charge of a crew of 200 people, responsible for every physical production and postproduction decision. You are also the main liaison between your show and the studio who pays for it, and the network that airs it, and you will be talking to both of them several times a day. Which brings us to point #2.

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And still in this business. And still want to do it. Must like to be under pressure.

jtotheizzoe: Hello! First of all, I adore this blog. Secondly, I have a rather vague question for you. Do you have any recommendations for science related books? (Any subject is fine.) I’ve been wanting to start reading since classes just ended for the summer, and I kind of miss learning about awesome science things from my profs. I realize that doesn’t give you a lot to go off of, but I’d sure appreciate any help. Thank you so much! - pointyteeth Howdy! First of all, THANK YOU very much, This blog adores you right back. Glad it brings your brain such enjoyment. As for your second question, let’s try an experiment (that’s what we do here in science, right?). I am but one man, albeit one who reads about a lot of science-y things. But I certainly don’t have the world’s most comprehensive library of science book reviews to call upon. I just haven’t read everything. Yet. But I do have my favorites. Here is what I propose: Let’s crowdsource/hivemind this science book suggestion party! Here’s the rules: Reblog or reply or tweet me with your answers. Everyone can check the notes below to see the results. Post no more than three of your favorite science-related books. You may define “science-related” as loosely as you like. Might I suggest giving us one favorite classic science book, arbitrarily meaning anything written before the fall of the Soviet Union. Might I also suggest one favorite new science book, meaning anything since the dawn of democracy behind the Iron Curtain. There is no rule #4. No restrictions on fiction, nonfiction, e-book, photography, whatever. Just your suggestions. Include links if possible. Here’s mine. You don’t need to provide this much detail, I just can’t help it. Classic: The Double Helix by James D. Watson. In just six decades, the discovery of DNA’s structure has led to cultural advancements second only to perhaps discovering that the Earth is not flat. New: Space Chronicles - Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Partly because I am reading it right now, but also because its a much-needed reminder that inspiring the minds of tomorrow will require big, amazing endeavors to create excitement and innovation. What better place than space? What better time than now? Other: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. This is a master class in science storytelling. You’ll be so taken in by the characters and the life story that you’ll forget it’s nonfiction. Great: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman. It’s a novel that fictionalizes a young Albert Einstein as a scientist who has dreams about how time flows as he works on his theory of relativity. I really think it is a must read.
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jtotheizzoe:

Hello! First of all, I adore this blog. Secondly, I have a rather vague question for you. Do you have any recommendations for science related books? (Any subject is fine.) I’ve been wanting to start reading since classes just ended for the summer, and I kind of miss learning about awesome science things from my profs. I realize that doesn’t give you a lot to go off of, but I’d sure appreciate any help. Thank you so much! - pointyteeth

Howdy! First of all, THANK YOU very much, This blog adores you right back. Glad it brings your brain such enjoyment. As for your second question, let’s try an experiment (that’s what we do here in science, right?).

I am but one man, albeit one who reads about a lot of science-y things. But I certainly don’t have the world’s most comprehensive library of science book reviews to call upon. I just haven’t read everything. Yet. But I do have my favorites.

Here is what I propose: Let’s crowdsource/hivemind this science book suggestion party! Here’s the rules:

  1. Reblog or reply or tweet me with your answers. Everyone can check the notes below to see the results.
  2. Post no more than three of your favorite science-related books. You may define “science-related” as loosely as you like.
  3. Might I suggest giving us one favorite classic science book, arbitrarily meaning anything written before the fall of the Soviet Union. Might I also suggest one favorite new science book, meaning anything since the dawn of democracy behind the Iron Curtain.
  4. There is no rule #4.

No restrictions on fiction, nonfiction, e-book, photography, whatever. Just your suggestions. Include links if possible.

Here’s mine. You don’t need to provide this much detail, I just can’t help it.

Classic: The Double Helix by James D. Watson. In just six decades, the discovery of DNA’s structure has led to cultural advancements second only to perhaps discovering that the Earth is not flat.

New: Space Chronicles - Facing the Ultimate Frontier by Neil deGrasse Tyson. Partly because I am reading it right now, but also because its a much-needed reminder that inspiring the minds of tomorrow will require big, amazing endeavors to create excitement and innovation. What better place than space? What better time than now?

Other: The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks by Rebecca Skloot. This is a master class in science storytelling. You’ll be so taken in by the characters and the life story that you’ll forget it’s nonfiction.

Great: Einstein’s Dreams by Alan Lightman. It’s a novel that fictionalizes a young Albert Einstein as a scientist who has dreams about how time flows as he works on his theory of relativity. I really think it is a must read.

The Hero's Dreadful Fate

Some good thinking on the western genre.

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