First the A-Z then Celebrate The Small Things:
A-Z: What I Learned About Writing from Watching TV: W
Ah West Wing. The obvious choice for W.
Also: Rob Lowe. Which would make
up for a lot of bad writing but in this instance, he doesn’t have to.
West Wing
is an intelligent show which doesn’t try not to be. It doesn’t assume the
audience are idiots. I live in the UK and I don’t know the ins and outs of
American politics like somebody who lives in America, but the show never felt
the need to overly explain it to me. The dialogue was fast. The politics were
argued, but not so much it overwhelmed the plot. We saw people with important
jobs as people. It was witty. It assumed we could follow, and we did.
Don’t assume you have to write down and explain everything. Sometimes,
people will get it.
Now to Celebrate The Small Things! 26 April Edition.
I do this every week and an awesome bunch of people join in with me. We celebrate a few small things from that week. The 'I finally lost that final 2 pounds' 'I went to the gym' 'I wrote a chapter of a new idea' type celebrations. See here for more info.
My celebrations is reaching W in the A-Z OF COURSE. YAY!
How about you?
Here's the linky: do hop around and celebrate with other people ;)
Good show and tip.
ReplyDeleteYay for reaching X!! It's been a bit of a slog, but we're nearing the finish line *does a happy dance*
ReplyDeleteI'm celebrating making it to W, too. I recently read the same tip in a writing book. K.I.S.S. or keep it simple scribe.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely adore the West Wing. I watch it in syndication on Netflix from time to time :) And congrats on making it to W--woooohooo!
ReplyDeleteI love the dialogue on West Wing. I've seriously watched it just for that! Amazingly intelligent show :)
ReplyDeleteAll of you who participated in the A-Z Challenge: You are awesome...of course, every blog needs a few lurkers, i.e., me! I am curious what everyone comes up with for X and Y!
ReplyDeleteKeep celebrating!
I watched it for the first few seasons and then stopped - don't remember why now - but I enjoyed it. I loved the snappy dialogue. :)
ReplyDeleteAnd closing in on the Challenge...
I never saw it but NOT because it wasn't dumbdown lol
ReplyDeleteYay for shows who don't pretend people are idiots, there should more like those.
W!!!!! You are doing wonderful ;)
Yay for W!
ReplyDeleteAnd I love your tip! Sometimes we have to give readers more white space, and not overwhelm with our words.
A fantastic show, and a great lesson to be learned from it.
ReplyDeleteThree more letters!
ReplyDeleteAnd I will be back on track with the bloghop next week, Vik.
West Wing was a marvelous television series. Thanks for the memories...
ReplyDeleteWest Wing was good. Celebrating the fact I did this challenge at all. Whoo!
ReplyDeleteGreat celebration, I am continually amazed at how you guys have kept this going all month. Well done and nearly there!
ReplyDeleteThank goodness it's Friday!
ReplyDeleteI hated to see West Wing stop. I was a huge fan and that's saying a lot because there aren't many shows I watch repeatedly.
ReplyDeleteSorry but no Small Things for me today. I'm swamped. After April I'll get my act together. I hope.
JL - thank you ;)
ReplyDeleteRebeccah - does *happy dance* with you
Scribbles From Jenn - Love Keep It Simple Scribe! :)
randi lee- I LOVE it. and thank you ;)
meradeth- the dialogue is awesome and the actors are so good, delivering it so naturally.
Inge H. - nearly there, I will be glad to be done! :)
Madeline - you know I didn't watch until the end either and couldn't tell you why!
S.K. - absolutely, I enjoy shows which assume I understand. W!! YAY.
Tyrean - white space is a great way to put it.
M.J. - glad you enjoyed the lesson!
Alex - just three! And no problem!
Cathrina - no problem. It was SUCH A good show.
Sheena-kay - me TOO!
Suzanne - very nearly OMG!
Ink - I couldn't agree more!
C. Lee - no worries re Small Things and West Wing was such a good show!
Believe me, there aren't many people at all who like the ins and outs of American politics!
ReplyDeleteW is great. Trying not to count the countdown!
Heh, fair enough :)
ReplyDeleteI know, nearly done!
West Wing is a great show! Congratulations on losing that final 2 lbs.! Heading to check out your new idea now. (Took me a little longer today, but I finally got my post up...)
ReplyDeleteAh the see here was more info about the blog hop, I didn't word that right!!
ReplyDeleteWest wing was great ;)
Haha, so true about Rob Lowe. The West Wing was so awesome. Rare to find a show when I love all the characters but that was the case there.
ReplyDeleteYay for W! It was nice to see Rob resurrected.
ReplyDeleteThat is something to celebrate *chills wine* The end is almost here and I've added entire new scenes to my YA series, thanks to this challenge holding me accountable *and increasing my recommended daily allowance of coffee* Congrats!!
ReplyDeleteOne of my very favorite shows! I named my two cats after characters on the show (Josh and Toby, FWIW). :)
ReplyDeleteI've never got round to watching the West Wing, I must put it on my rental list.
ReplyDeleteOh, and yay for W day! xxx
Julie - yes absolutely they were all great! (Including Mr Lowe!)
ReplyDeleteM Pax - it was, I do like Rob Lowe!
writerlysam - nearly at the end! Hurrah!
Lara - ah AWESOME names for cats!
Heather - I would definitely rec it!