Blogging: A new way into Hwood?

So you’ve heard of the blog “Stuff White People Like”? The site has had over 30 million hits and spawned a book.

Then there’s the blog “Waiter Rant”. That also led to a book.

But this one takes the cake: “Shit My Dad Says”, a Twitter feed. Per THR:

Twitter sensation Shit My Dad Says is headed to television.

CBS has picked up a comedy project based on the Twitter account, which has enlisted more than 700,000 followers since launching in August and has made its creator, Justin Halpern, an Internet star.

“Will & Grace” creators David Kohan and Max Mutchnick are on board to executive produce and supervise the writing for the multicamera family comedy, which Halpern will co-pen with Patrick Schumacker. Halpern and Schumacker will also co-exec produce the Warner Bros. TV-produced project, which has received a script commitment.

A spec script is one established way to break into Hwood. But blogs and Twitter have opened up a whole other route. Writing is writing, right? If you can come up with a great hook and have a unique voice, who knows where your blogging can lead you?

Just ask Diablo Cody.

Any other blogs or Twitter feeds that have translated into a book, TV, or movie deal?

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