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The Best Show on WFMU => Dear Tom => Topic started by: tenspeed on September 16, 2008, 02:01:32 PM
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Dear Tom,
As per US Magazine:
Lauren Conrad, The Hills star, 22, has signed a three-book deal with HarperCollins Publishers to pen a young adult fiction series.
Titled L.A. Candy, the series tells "the behind-the scenes story of a young girl who moves to L.A. and unexpectedly becomes the star of a reality television show," according to a release.
Following this model, you will need to first pitch a reality show. I suggest documenting your adventures chaperoning your mutant listeners (you know, the sensational stuff). Then write a book about it.
As for The Best Show Reality Show synopsis: it would be akin to American Movie, where the viewer is unsure what is real and what isn’t, and would be populated by a blend of fictional and real life characters. For example, PBR, Julie from Cincinnati, various Newbridge Mayubernatorial candidates, Spike, AP Mike and James. The concurrent theme from show to show: real life is more absurd and disturbing than anything created, and sometimes it’s difficult to tell where the two meet.
Eh?
Sincerely,
10-Speed
P.S. Didn’t 7-Second Delay have a reality show that ran on PBS a long time ago? This was back when reality shows were known as documentaries.
P.P.S. Is the Fan Fiction board still on ice until the World Domination Scheme is over?
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I think the real message in this story is that if you want a book deal with a major publishing house, the first thing you need to do is get into bikini shape.
Also, the early word is that Lauren Conrad has a real ear for gritty dialog, a poet's gift of metaphor, and an uncompromising worldview that lends heft and immediacy to every sentence. And rockin' abs.