Finding a writing partner isn’t about finding someone who makes you more hire-able. It’s about finding someone who makes you a better writer.

The Writers Guild of America, West and the Writers Guild of America, East have announced nominations for outstanding achievement in television, news, radio, promotional writing, and graphic animation during the 2010 season to be honored at the 2011 Writers Guild Awards on February 5, 2011, in Los Angeles and New York.

Don’t break stories to reflect your theme. If you’re lucky, and if you’ve written solid stories, a theme will start to emerge.