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2020 Paper Team Mentorship I – “The Pirate King” Overview (PT190)

Alex and Nick begin the 2020 Paper Team Mentorship with winner and mentee Ben Warner, with his new drama pilot THE PIRATE KING.

Step one of the process: a basic overview of the series and pilot, with premise, characters, themes, and arcs.

We hear for the first time Ben’s pitch and share our thoughts live.

The 2020 mentorship begins…

Content

About the 2020 Paper Team Mentorship and mentee Ben (00:49)
“The Pirate King” – Basic series overview (05:54)
Discussion of the basic series overview (11:44)

Links

“The Pirate King” basic series overview document

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Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode.

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