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Reality TV Casting | CastMyReality.com. List of TV Networks. This page is designed to act as a useful resource of all relevant companies, television networks and cable networks. TvWritersVault.com is in no way affiliated or connected with any of these sites, they are provided as a source of news and informational reference. We are not responsible for the content of external sites. Click a letter to view the links for that category: - A - B - C - D - E - F - G - H - I - J - K - L - M - N - O - P - Q - R - S - T - U - V - W - X - Y - Z - TV Writers Vault Reviews | Success Stories. New! We're thrilled to announce the premiere of "Kim of Queens", a new series for Lifetime Television, airing January 1 at 10pm et/pt, with subsequent episodes airing Tuesdays at 10pm following "Dance Moms".

Kim of Queens Star, Kim Gravel, was discovered at the TV Writers Vault after Producers reviewed several of her projects. She landed a deal with BEI TV, based at Relativity Media, where the project was developed and ultimately set up at Lifetime. Oliver Bogner of BEITV, and Tom Forman (Extreme Makeover Home Edition) will Executive Produce for Relativity Television. New! Jon Stewart (Writer/Member) Lands Deal With Emmy Winning Producers Longtime TV Writers Vault member, Jon Stewart of Deerfield, IL., has landed his second Producer deal from pitching his original concepts at the TV Writers Vault. The TV Writers Vault is pleased to announce the SYFY Channel production and airing of a new reality series from Writer/Member Steve Santini of Ontario, Canada. Catch a promo clip HERE. How to write a treatment for a prospective reality show?

Selling Your TV Show Idea | Standard Producing Deal. When a company commits to bringing your TV project to market, they will propose an option agreement that gives them the exclusive right to sell your show to a network for a limited period of time. More people from outside the TV industry break into the business from selling a concept for a show rather than an actual longform property (script, book, etc.), so its important for us to share what one may expect when selling a concept. Option deals for scripted projects are essentially the same as for reality-based concepts, but fees and purchase prices are considerably larger in scripted.

Financial participation as well as participation in the development and production is negotiable to a point, depending on your experience within the industry and what you bring to the table in terms of the marketing of your show. As in any industry, there are a variety of forces and factors that give shape to the legal structure and content of any deal made. Writing Exercises. WRITING. Best ipad word processing apps. 10 best iOS writing apps for would-be authors everywhere. Many of us would like to write a book. But unless you're a genius (or you have low standards) you need to plan your story before you dive into its imaginary world. That's why more than half of the apps we've mentioned here deal with the literary underpinnings of your book: defining your characters, planning pertinent plot points, describing locations, even picking out the motivating factors that drive your hero forward, like fixations, frustrations and phobias.

We'll also show you how you can make a significant saving on two leading reference works that ought to be found on every writer's virtual bookshelf. Writing is something we all have to do at some point in our lives, and even if your scripting efforts centre more on notes for the milkman than chapters and verse for the masses, you'll find an app here to meet your needs. 1. Break down the writing process into manageable chunks and it isn't so daunting Price: Free Works with: iPhone, iPod touch, iPad 2. 7 best word processing apps for tablets. Will Microsoft Word come to the iPad? After initial evidence it now appears unlikely, which means that the burgeoning market for free text editor apps on the iPad and elsewhere can continue.

There are so many available for both iOS and Android that we can only present a few here, but all have their pros and cons. Format handling is critical, but it's more about integration with a device's OS than simple readability; can you take a Word doc from an email, make changes and send it on back? And though these apps are all about typing, arguably more important than text-entry is navigation, with ease of correcting mistakes crucial – especially if you're tapping away on glass rather than a Bluetooth keyboard.

Lastly, where – and how – is that document saved? Go forth and tap-out that novel. 1. Designed exclusively for iPhone and iPad, FioWriter is minimalist and best suited to touchscreen addicts. 2. iA Writer, 69p (iOS) Read our full iA Writer review. 3. 4. Words Matter. Words Matter Posted on Fri, Jun 14, 2013 Recently, I was caught up in a heated debate about word choices. You might assume this was a writers' workshop, or a graduate college English course. Au contraire. It was a team of senior leaders in charge of a complex, global, multi-billion dollar enterprise. Most came from engineering and finance; all had MBAs and PhDs in something other than English. We must have spent 20 minutes deciding thumbs up or down on a word that would resonate for customers but draw skepticism from their technical team.

Some of you are old enough to remember asking mom or dad, "What does that word mean? " Business communication requires a similar approach. There are 18,457 bestsellers on communication between the sexes. A couple of years ago, Towers Watson surveyed 328 organizations with five million employees. As one of my mentors once said, "If you control the language, you control the conversation. "