ConStar

About ConStar

Connie is a writer, editor, and podcaster living in NYC. She currently a writer for a children's magazine and a writer/editor at Black Girls Create. Her other writing has been featured in Buzzfeed, Shondaland, Polygon, She Knows, The Mary Sue, and The Nerds of Color, among others. Follow her on Twitter: @ConStar24

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09/30/2014

Advice Comic: SHONDA RHIMES – A screenwriter’s advice

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a ZEN PENCILs comics drawn from Shonda Rhimes’ Darthmouth commencement address tells us to DO in classic Shonda speak.

09/30/2014

Castle 7.01 Review: "Driven"

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Castle 7.01 Review: “Driven” When the news broke this summer that Andrew Marlowe was stepping down as Castle showrunner, I can’t say that I was actually all that nervous. David Amann was already a Castle writer and I just had a lot of faith in the writing staff to protect Marlowe’s project, especially since 1. He’d still be […]

09/25/2014

Episode 2: A Second Chance at a First Impression

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As Fall TV pilots air and verdicts come in from critics and audiences alike, I’ve been thinking a lot this year about how pilots are different from episode 2. Pilots are written usually by one person (or the initial creative team/duo) and shot early in the year. By May there’s usually a greenlight verdict, when shows […]

09/25/2014

Link: More Diversity in Prime Time: It’s Not Your Imagination – The Root

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More Diversity in Prime Time: It’s Not Your Imagination – The Root This article mostly talk about black-ish in the aftermath of it’s premiere yesterday, but it also spotlights Jane the Virgin, which I must say was probably my favorite pilot this fall. Check it out! Also check out two more articles regarding blackish: In […]

09/19/2014

Link: Stephanie Beatriz on Why Diverse Casts Are Needed on TV | Latina Roles on TV & Movies

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Stephanie Beatriz of Brooklyn 99 is awesome and blogs for Latina.com and shares her feelings just before she got cast as the second Latina actress on Brooklyn 99–a sight all too rare on TV. Check it out!

09/16/2014

Blog Rebrand!

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Hey you, fellow TV junkie! Now that the Fall 2014 TV season is approaching, I’m looking to do more with my blog and my tv writing career in general. I decided one way to foster that was to change the domain name here, so Constarstudiestv.wordpress.com is now ConStarWrites.TV! I’m excited for the domain change because it describes […]

09/13/2014

ConStar's Pilot Watch: Jane the Virgin

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I’d kinda wanted to watch this, and now I *really* want to watch this. Jane the Virgin is original and diverse and is laying the seeds for some fun, dramatic storytelling, with tellanovella twists.

09/13/2014

ConStar's Pilot Watch: The Flash

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Of course I’m going to watch The Flash, who do you think I am? Helps that I’m obsessed with Arrow and there are a couple of crossovers already in the works. The CW is getting a lot of my viewership this fall.

09/13/2014

ConStar's Pilot Watch: Gracepoint

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I liked the Gracepoint pilot, but then again, I liked the Broadchurch pilot (they’re almost scene for scene the same), but am I in the mood for a serial mystery right now? Not sure. Feel free to convince me I am.

09/11/2014

Constar's Pilot Watch: Gotham

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Gotham started off with a strong pilot, even better aesthetics, and with a sneak peak at Gotham villains old and new. It’ll be fun to delve into this seedy world; how much farther can Gotham fall before needing the Batman?

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