December 19th, 2011 
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written by Ali Laventhol THE FRESHMAN CLASS OF 2011 Last year in anticipation of staffing season, I read about thirty of the pilots in production. How exciting it was to imagine the potential those pages carried! There were many that I loved and would’ve been thrilled to write for, but three stood out as favorites: [...]
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Insisting on a “likable” protagonist is something producers and executives love to do. That’s because if a character is “likable” we feel for them and want to watch their story. We can relate and sympathize with their dilemma. We automatically cheer them on and root for them to succeed. So it goes, the more we [...]
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