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The Paper Team 99th Episode Special (PT99)

Alex and Nick celebrate the ninety-ninth episode of Paper Team with a jam-packed retrospective of the podcast, including clips chosen by our listeners, popular moments, and new insights from past guests.

What are some of our listeners’ favorite moments and episodes? What new advice do some of our most popular guests have to share? How has Paper Team evolved over nearly one hundred episodes?

From assistants to writers and producers, we also get updates and fresh tips from several of our awesome guests: Britta Lundin, Hilliard Guess, Bob Dearden, Jenny Deiker, Zimran Jacob, T.A. Snyder, Franklin jin Rho, Ray Utarnachitt, and Kai Yu Wu.

Plus, we make a major announcement about an upcoming project.

The Paper Team puts on a bow tie…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Team Mentorship Announcement (00:01:20)
1 – Favorite moments and iconic episodes chosen by our listeners (00:03:43)
2 – Updates from our guests ft. Britta Lundin, Hilliard Guess, Bob Dearden, Jenny Deiker, Zimran Jacob, T.A. Snyder, Franklin jin Rho, Ray Utarnachitt, and Kai Yu Wu (01:02:1)
3 – Looking back at two years of Paper Team and special thanks (01:50:33)

Links

Managing TV Writers ft. Daniela Garcia-Brcek (PT59)
Writing Adult Comedy Animation ft. Alison Tafel (PT39)
The TV Writer’s Mindset: Dealing With Procrastination, Blank Page, and the Muse (PT17)
Breaking in & Writing From “Outside the System” ft. Hilliard Guess (PT47)
TV Pitch Documents (PT82)
TV Writing Programs and Fellowships (PT85)
Weaving Storylines: A/B/C Stories (PT53)
Branding Yourself (PT86)
TV Pilot 101 (PT30)
Analyzing Great TV Pilots (PT54)
TV Writer vs. Fandom – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2017 (PT38)
Reimagined for TV – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2018 (PT83)
Creating Animated TV Shows ft. Tom Ruegger (PT89)
From Intern to TV Writer ft. Bob Dearden (PT87)
TV Production Companies ft. Logan Kriete (PT74)
TV Criticism ft. Heather Mason & LaToya Ferguson (PT81)
Tone in TV Writing (PT60)
Nonlinear Storytelling (PT70)
Moving to Los Angeles (and Things We Wish We Knew) (PT01)
Navigating Your First TV Writing Job ft. Britta Lundin (PT67)
Being a TV Showrunner’s Assistant (PT76)
TV Writing Competition Winners: What Happens Next? (PT55)
Being a TV Script Coordinator ft. Franklin jin Rho (PT21)

If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :)

You can find Paper Team on Twitter:
Alex@TVCalling
Nick@_njwatson
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]

From Actor to Writer and Working Across Genres ft. Justin Michael Terry (Stargate Origins) (PT98)

Alex and Nick invite Justin Michael Terry, writer on Stargate Origins, to discuss working, acting, and writing across different TV genres, in both comedy and drama.

What was the process of writing Stargate Origins? What are the challenges in writing something within a pre-established canon? How do you approach writing mini episodes fitting a larger format? What lessons from improv and comedy can writers take? How do you transition writing between genres?

The Paper Team dials the gate…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Background, starting as an actor, improv, getting involved in Stargate Origins, writing SGO, Stargate franchise, shaping your writer’s brand, balancing comedy and drama, approaching new projects (01:17)
Final Advice, Resources, and Next Week On (47:28)

Links

Justin Michael Terry on Twitter
Stargate Origins
Stargate Command
Walking with Dinosaurs
Cannibal Holocaust
The Blair Witch Project
“The Torment of Tantalus” (1×11 – Stargate SG-1)
Catherine Langford
Fiasco
Taylor Sheridan
Robert E. Howard

This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers

Use code ROADMAP to get $15 OFF your first Roadmap Writers Program

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

If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :)

You can find Paper Team on Twitter:
Alex@TVCalling
Nick@_njwatson
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]

Creating and Running a Children’s TV Show ft. Mike Alber (Kirby Buckets) (PT96)

Alex and Nick invite Mike Alber, co-creator of Disney XD’s Kirby Buckets, to discuss everything about running a kids show, from producing a pilot and staffing a writers’ room, to generating new material and staying creative.

What is the process of selling a show? What is the journey of getting a pilot produced? How is a writing staff assembled? How do you transition from writer to showrunner? How is a kids television show made? What was it like working on Death Valley and Supah Ninjas? What was the experience of getting a freelance script on The Flash?

The Paper Team gets warped…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Getting a first writing assignment, moving to LA, working on Death Valley and Supah Ninjas, selling a show to Disney, getting the pilot of Kirby Bucket produced, interaction with other producers and showrunner, staffing and running a writers’ room, breaking stories, production on a live-action children’s show, freelancing on The Flash, transitioning between formats and genre (00:27)
Resources and Next Week On (1:02:48)

Links

Mike Alber on Twitter (@MAlber)
Mike Alber on Twitter (@MAlber2000)
Kirby Buckets
Gabe Snyder
Death Valley
Supah Ninjas
Kristofor Brown
“Subject 9” (4×14 – The Flash)

Resources

“Small Screen, Big Picture” – Chad Gervich
“The TV Writer’s Workbook” – Ellen Sandler

This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers

Use code ROADMAP to get $15 OFF your first Roadmap Writers Program

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

If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :)

You can find Paper Team on Twitter:
Alex@TVCalling
Nick@_njwatson
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]