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Paper Scraps Monthly VI – Mentorship Announcement, November Paper Tease, Overall Deals & Executives (PT113)

Paper Scraps Monthly VI – Mentorship Announcement, November Paper Tease, Overall Deals & Executives (PT113)

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Alex and Nick offer feedback on four more teasers and cover a couple TV headlines from the past month, including expensive overall deal and top executives leaving their networks.

Plus, we give official information about our Paper Team Mentorship!

The Paper Team eyes the prize…

SHOWNOTES

Paper Tease Entries

“Valkyrie” by Jamel Northern
“Together Alone” by Tyler Jordan & Mark Anthony
“Totally Human” by Josh Naquin
“Gasland” by Augusto Federico Amador & Diggi Singh

Links

“J.J. Abrams Seeking Record-Shattering Overall Megadeal” – Variety
“The death of Hollywood’s middle class” – Fast Company
“ABC shakeup: Channing Dungey resigns; Karey Burke becomes entertainment president” – Los Angeles Times

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]

Breaking in as a TV Writer Later in Life ft. J. Holtham (Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger) (PT92)

Breaking in as a TV Writer Later in Life ft. J. Holtham (Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger) (PT92)

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Alex and Nick invite J. Holtham, writer on Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger, to discuss breaking into the TV industry later in life, and writing on a comic-based series.

What is some important advice for people wanting to pursue TV writing later in life? How can breaking in older help in the writers’ room? What is the process of writing for Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger? What can writing plays teach you about screenwriting?

The Paper Team powers up…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Breaking in older, getting noticed, staffing on Pitch, being a playwright, the first staff writing job, working for Marvel, working on Cloak & Dagger, adapting existing IP, moving to LA, advice for people pursuing writing later in life (00:51)
Resources and Next Week On (44:21)

Links

J. Holtham on Twitter
Marvel’s Cloak & Dagger on Freeform
Screencraft Fellowship
PAGE AwardsHumanitas Prize
Pitch
Ensemble Studio Theatre’s Youngblood
Doom Patrol

Resources

Amy Berg’s Twitter thread about being staffed

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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]

TV Writing Programs and Fellowships ft. Andy Mathieson, Jenny Deiker Restivo and Thomas Reyes (PT85)

TV Writing Programs and Fellowships ft. Andy Mathieson, Jenny Deiker Restivo and Thomas Reyes (PT85)

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Alex and Nick invite three fellows of the network TV writing programs to discuss their experiences applying, being selected, and participating in the curricula.

Guests include Andy Mathieson from the 2016 Disney/ABC Writing Program, Jenny Deiker Restivo from the 2018 FOX Writers Lab, and Thomas Reyes from the 2016 Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop.

What is the selection process of the TV writing programs? What are the interview rounds like? What are the fellowships’ requirements? What can you learn in the writing programs? What are some common misconceptions about them? How do you get the most out of the experience?

The Paper Team applies themselves…

SHOWNOTES

Content

1 – Speccing, applying, and the TV writing programs’ selection process (00:00:39)
2 – Being in the TV writing programs (00:28:46)
3 – After the TV writing programs (00:48:58)
Resources and Next Week On (01:06:20)

Links

Andy Mathieson on IMDb
Jenny Deiker Restivo on Twitter
Thomas Reyes on Twitter
“TV Writing Fellowships: The Big Six” – TV Calling
Disney/ABC TV Writing Program
FOX Writers Lab
Warner Bros. Television Writers’ Workshop
Nickelodeon Writing Program
Altered Carbon
Hard Sun
Future Man
Victoria
The Carmichael Show

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]