Reading Time: 2 minutes That ship had sailed. But the whole long, angst-ridden saga might someday be fodder for a fictional scene — or memoir — or maybe even a blog. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Ding letter
Reading Time: 2 minutes Time and Newsweek ran uncomplimentary frat articles …and the frat shows were dropping like flies. That was a bad omen for my TV Guide piece. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Omens
Reading Time: 2 minutes After weeks doing little or nothing in the winter doldrums of New Hampshire, I realized I’d accomplished all I set out to do. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Mission accomplished
Reading Time: 3 minutes When we read the closing credits, we looked at each other and asked incredulously: “Based on the BOOK by … ?” Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Turnabouts and Toppers
Reading Time: 2 minutes I wasn’t all that excited with “Cole’s Law”, but it got published, so I figured TV Guide had the right to decide on what to do with that article. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Good news, bad news
Reading Time: 2 minutes The most likely reason was that “Delta House” — the official “Animal House” spinoff and the edgiest of the three shows — was running into trouble with the network. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Preemptions and premonitions, 1979
Reading Time: 2 minutes Most of us live our lives as “pantsers.” We don’t plot out things in advance. We fly by the seat of our pants. And sometimes the fabric wears a little thin. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Anothuh day, and anothuh, and anothuh
Reading Time: 2 minutes Looking back, this budding writer could have used some good professional advice. Perhaps Lincoln said it best. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: A remarkably unremarkable day
Reading Time: 2 minutes Did they or didn’t they? What was the premonition of disaster and how was it fulfilled? Yesterday I teased you. Today you’re here. Cliffhangers work. Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: Fifteen below
Reading Time: 2 minutes A frigid Winter Carnival and two nights of sit-com Animal House antics in a frat house tube room. What could go wrong? Continue reading Budding Writer, 1979: ‘Brothers and Sisters’ and Deltas, oh my!
