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The 2018 Paper Team Holiday Special (PT116)

Alex and Nick celebrate the holidays by taking a look back at an eventful 2018, for both Paper Team and TV writing, as well as revealing what’s next for the podcast in the new year.

What were the most popular Paper Team episodes of the year? What were our favorite shows, movies, music and books of 2018? What are some of our goals for 2019? What gifts did Alex and Nick exchange?

Plus, big things are coming in the next month.

The Paper Team parties on…

SHOWNOTES

Content

1 – Paper Team Announcements: Patreon, Mixer and Mentorship (00:54)
2 – Paper Team 2018: A year in review (04:51)
3 – Best of 2018 (TV, movies, music, books, episodes) (21:47)
4 – Paper Team goals for 2019 (43:11)
Gift Exchange and Next Time On (45:25)

Links

Paper Tease TV Script Competition
The TV Writers’ Room – A TV Calling Community (Facebook Group)
“An Evening in the Writers’ Room” (PT100)
“TV Writing Programs and Fellowships” (PT85)
“TV Pilot 201” (PT84)
“Analyzing Great TV Characters” (PT72)
“Tips and Tricks for TV Writing” (PT93)
Counterpart
Bodyguard
The Haunting of Hill House (TV Show)
Gerald’s Game (Movie)
Killing Eve
The Good Fight
Big Mouth
Barry
“Flight of the Conchords: Live in London”
“The Sincerest Form of Flattery” (1×07 – Counterpart)
“Two Storms” (1×06 – The Haunting of Hill House)
“Kiksuya” (1×08 – Westworld)
“Chapter Seven: Loud, Fast, and Keep Going” (1×07 – Barry)
“Free Churro” (5×06 – BoJack Horseman)
“The Ballad of Donkey Doug” (3×06 – The Good Place)
Bluey
Patriot Act with Hasan Minhaj
“Airborne” by Prinze George
“Between Two Shores” by Glen Hansard
A Star Is Born (2018 Movie)
Avengers: Infinity War
Widows (2018 Movie)
“The Hidden Life of Trees” by Peter Wohlleben
“Thrawn” by Timothy Zahn
“Building Your Career as a TV Writer ft. LaToya Morgan” (PT111)
“Creating Animated TV Shows ft. Tom Ruegger” (PT89)
“The Paper Team 99th Episode Special” (PT99)
“TV Spec Script 201” (PT79)
“TV Writer Representation 201” (PT108)
“Rewriting Your TV Script” (PT90)

Special thanks to Alex Switzky for helping us edit this episode and everyone else who supported us this year.

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]

Finding Content for Digital TV ft. Hillary Levi (VRV) (PT112)

Alex and Nick invite Hillary Levi, creative executive at Ellation and developing shows for their streaming platform VRV, to discuss finding content for streaming and aggregation services.

How does an OTT decide which content is best suited for its service? What are important aspects of a VRV project? How can a platform maintain a consistent product with rotation in its programming? How does a creative executive find writers to work with? How can creators best approach a network like VRV with projects for development?

The Paper Team curates…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Finding OTT Content with Hillary Levi (00:36)
Final Advice, Resources and Next Week On (36:33)

Links

Hillary Levi on Twitter
VRV
LeviathanStudiosLA (Hillary’s Etsy store)
Sailor Moon
Ellation
Crunchyroll
Machinima
Red vs. Blue
Rooster Teeth
Matthew Mercer
Matt Fraction
Warren Ellis
Kelly Sue DeConnick
“TV Production Companies ft. Logan Kriete (Producer & Development Executive)” (PT74)
“Digital Content & Emerging Platforms ft. Eva Miller (Canvas Media Studios)” (PT80)
“Tan ft. Hasan Minhaj” (Video)

Resources

“The Hollywood Assistants Handbook” – Peter Nowalk & Hillary Stamm

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]

Paper Scraps Monthly II – Audience Questions and July TV News (PT97)

Alex and Nick answer more TV writing questions and react to recent TV business news, including WGAW’s yearly earnings, CAA’s Amplify database, Snowpiercer reshoots, and industry mergers.

Where should you get feedback on your TV scripts? Is it better to write single-cams over multi-cams? Should a one-hour drama writer switch to writing half-hour comedies? How much of an impact does Netflix have on TV viewing habits? What influence do the AT&T/Time Warner and Disney/Fox mergers have on content?

Plus, we reveal a major announcement for our 100th episode and crown the July Paper Tease winners.

The Paper Team buys in…

SHOWNOTES

Content

100th Episode Announcement (00:54)
Paper Tease Session (02:39)
1 – Audience Questions about TV writing (14:33)
2 – July TV news: Netflix, WGAW’s earnings, CAA’s database, Snowpiercer, industry mergers, showrunner panel, TV writing Twitter thread (37:00)

Announcement

The 100th episode of Paper Team will be a live event on Saturday, August 4.
Find out more and get your free tickets now at http://paperteam.co/panel100

Paper Tease Entries

“Miracle Village” by Alan R. Baxter
“Unpresidented” by Matty Mendez

Links

Rewriting Your TV Script (PT90)
Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion (PT08)
CoverflyX
Comedy v. Drama: Declare Your TV Major (PT02)
TV Spec Script 101 (PT34)
TV Spec Script 201 (PT79)
“Netflix Is No. 1 Choice for TV Viewing, Beating Broadcast, Cable and YouTube” – Variety
“WGA West Earnings Hit Record $1.4 Billion In 2017” – Deadline
CAA’s Amplify Database
Scott Derrickson tweets about Snowpiercer reshoots
Time Warner acquisition by AT&T
Acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Electronic Frontier Foundation
“An Evening with Female Showrunners – Panel 1” (Video)
“An Evening with Female Showrunners – Panel 2” (Video)
Jose Molina’s Twitter thread on “things you wish you knew then”

This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers’ JumpStart Writing Competition

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]