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Staying Productive During Hiatus (PT126)

Staying Productive During Hiatus (PT126)

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Alex and Nick discuss ways of surviving your hiatus and staying productive during the off season.

Why is being active all year long important? How do you look for a next job? How do you keep in touch during a hiatus? Why are hobbies and social interactions vital? How can you keep yourself healthy and financially stable?

Plus, we make three major Paper Team announcements about what is coming up.

The Paper Team doesn’t wait…

Content

Announcements: WonderCon 2019, TV writing programs, final Paper Tease (00:23)
1 – Why staying active during a hiatus is important (04:02)
2 – Being productive in your writing (08:22)
3 – The importance of hobbies (12:10)
4 – Social interactions (15:24)
5 – Fitness and health (17:34)
6 – Money and finances (20:36)
Final advice and next Week On (23:38)

Links

Details of Paper Team at WonderCon 2019
“The TV Writer’s Mindset: Dealing With Procrastination, Blank Page, and the Muse” (PT17)
“Managing Finances as an Assistant & Staff Writer” (PT16)
“Supplemental Income for Writers” (PT35)

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]

Writing and Pitching Across Formats ft. Gretchen Enders (Queen America/Grace and Frankie) (PT124)

Writing and Pitching Across Formats ft. Gretchen Enders (Queen America/Grace and Frankie) (PT124)

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Alex and Nick invite Gretchen Enders, writer on TV series (Queen America, Grace and Frankie, Take My Wife, Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street) and audio originals (Bedtime Stories for Cynics, This Sounds Serious), to discuss working and pitching shows across formats.

How do you blend your voice within an established show? How do you find stability as a TV writer between seasons? What is good advice when taking a general meeting? How were the rooms of Queen America, Grace and Frankie, Take My Wife, and Gortimer Gibbons? How does writing radio plays compare with writing for television? What should you keep in mind when pitching and selling shows? What was it like winning a WGA award?

The Paper Team intently listens…

PT124 Gretchen Enders

SHOWNOTES

Content

Writing and Pitching Across Formats with Gretchen Enders (00:34)
Final Advice, Resources, and Next Week On (44:12)

Links

Gretchen Enders on Instagram
Queen America on Facebook
Grace and Frankie on Netflix
Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street on Amazon
Take My Wife
“Directing TV Comedy ft. Alethea Jones” (PT118)
“Room to Dream” – David Lynch & Kristine McKenna
Northern Exposure
Level Up
“Gortimer, Ranger and Mel vs. The Endless Night” (2×13 – Gortimer Gibbon’s Life on Normal Street)
Aminta Goyel
Shauna McGarry
Nick Offerman’s Bedtime Stories for Cynics
This Sounds Serious
Patriot

Resource

“The Hollywood Standard” – Christopher Riley

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]

Networking 201: Cold Contact, Queries and Etiquette (PT121)

Networking 201: Cold Contact, Queries and Etiquette (PT121)

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Alex and Nick discuss cold contacting people. From formulating queries for your scripts to the proper etiquette when reaching out, learn how you should go about contacting people who don’t know you.

What are the best ways of contacting people cold? Do query letters work? What should you put in a query letter? How do people perceive you when you reach out? What is the proper etiquette to cold contacting people?

Plus, we celebrate our new Patreon subscribers!

The Paper Team formulates…

SHOWNOTES

Content

1 – How to cold contact people (02:24)
2 – Query Letters (17:30)
3 – Etiquette: Dos and donts (26:03)
Takeaways, Resources, and Next Week On (35:51)

Links

Paper Team on Patreon
“Networking 101: How to Talk With People in Hollywood” (PT05)
“Managing TV Writers ft. Daniela Garcia-Brcek (Circle of Confusion)” (PT59)
“TV Writer Representation 201” (PT108)
“How to Follow Up (Without Seeming Desperate)” (PT07)

Resources

Star Wars Cover Letter

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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]