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January 01, 1990 - December 08, 2012 + Martini Shot
On the Books 
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A few years ago, I got a call from a studio executive I was working with. It was about this time of year – pitching...
Idea Theft
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A nice friend of mine wrote a great feature film script, and he gave it to me to read, he said. But he didn't really...
Pitch Face
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People often think that pitching a television series is unpleasant. It's not. It's not easy, of course – you sort of have to work out...
Hot in Cleveland
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Last week, almost five million people refused to obey orders. They watched a show called Hot in Cleveland, which has older female stars who are...
Future Hollywood
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Hollywood is what they call an OPM business. Other People's Money. That's really the key to success around here – the ability to take someone...
Spec or Pitch
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You can get all artsy about it, I guess, but the truth is, the way most writers approach a writing project is, first, they ask...
Time Change
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This is Rob Long with Martini Shot on KCRW and it's not 6:44 anymore, it's 4:44 now, which is called, in the television business, a...
Still Waiting
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Once, not too long ago, I went to a local coffee shop and ordered a tall coffee with room at the top for milk. Those...
Silence
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Hear that? That's silence. That's what all writers are supposed to require to get anything done. Except for the writers who want to hear this...
Broke
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A friend of mine loves to reminisce about the old days, when she first moved to Hollywood to make her way in the entertainment business....
Someone's Calling Me
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The human life can be neatly divided into two halves. In the first half, when the phone rings, you think, "Oh, great! Someone's calling me!"...
The List
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When I was trying to break into show business, and older, more experienced writer – I think he was twenty-five; I think he once had...
Sunroof
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When I first moved here – and exactly when is really none of your business – I drove a battered old Subaru station wagon, with...
Own the Day
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People love to say "Carpe Diem" or "Seize the Day," but they never tell who, exactly, to seize it from. I mean, you have to...
What's that Smell?
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For something that everyone in show business eventually has to deal with, you’d think we’d have come up with a better way to do casting....
