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How to Take Feedback (PT142)

Alex and Nick discuss how to take feedback in your TV writing. Whether you’re on staff or working on your own projects, why and how should you take notes, and when should you say no?

Why is it important to be malleable with your TV scripts? What are the differences in approaching notes as a staff writer and with your own material? How do you deconstruct feedback and understand what needs to be fixed? How should you take a note? When is it worth saying no? How do you reject a note?

Content

1 – The mindset of receiving criticism (00:23)
2 – Why and how to take a note (07:26)
3 – Deconstructing feedback and “the note behind the note” (15:10)
4 – Why and how to reject a note (20:16)
Takeaways and Next Week On (27:28)

Links

Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion (PT08)

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

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Comics and TV Writing: How to Bring the Page to Screen – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2019 (PT129)

Alex and Nick host an insightful panel at WonderCon 2019 about comics and television writing. From Batgirl and Doom Patrol to Watchmen and Y: The Last Man, an ever-expanding number of comic-based TV shows have graced our screen, but how do you translate one visual format to another?

To discuss the topic, we are joined by an all-star cast of writers, including Marc Bernardin (Castle Rock, Treadstone), Julie & Shawna Benson (Batgirl and the Birds of Prey, The 100), Christopher Monfette (Hellraiser, 12 Monkeys), J. Holtham (Cloak & Dagger, Pitch), and Samantha Levenshus (Nightflyers, Neon Future).

Why do comics make for great television? What is the process of writing a comic-book series as opposed to a TV show? How do you adapt a comic to TV, while staying true to the original material? What lessons can be learned from writing TV and comics to bring into the other medium? How can you go about interacting with the key holders of the comics? What is a “shared love space”?

The Paper Team goes live in room 207…

PT129 WonderCon 2019

Links

Marc Bernardin on Twitter
Shawna Benson on Twitter
Julie Benson on Twitter
J. Holtham on Twitter
Samantha Levenshus on Twitter
Christopher Monfette on Twitter
Castle Rock on Hulu
Treadstone
Carnival Row
Marc Bernardin on Comixology
The 100 on The CW
Wu Assasins on Netflix
Batgirl and the Birds of Prey
Cloak & Dagger on Freeform
Jessica Jones on Netflix
Nightflyers on Syfy
Neon Future
12 Monkeys on Syfy
9-1-1 on Fox
Hellraiser
Seduth

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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]

TV Writing Incubators and the Evolution of Access (PT125)

Alex and Nick have a candid discussion about the emergence of TV writing incubators, and the current state of access in the television industry for up-and-coming writers.

What are TV writing incubators? What do those programs mean for our industry? Is every facet of TV writing going to be turned into a competition? How have TV writing opportunities changed for new writers? What are ways of improving the situation?

The Paper Team takes a chance…

Links

Imagine Impact
Rideback TV Incubator
Sundance Episodic 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]