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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.

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Getting Noticed From Outside the Industry ft. Joey Tuccio (Roadmap Writers) (PT104)

Getting Noticed From Outside the Industry ft. Joey Tuccio (Roadmap Writers) (PT104)

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Alex and Nick invite Joey Tuccio, CEO of Roadmap Writers, to discuss ways of establishing yourself as a writer when you’re starting from outside the entertainment industry.

How can someone outside LA get noticed as a writer? What can writers do to position themselves for success before trying to break in? What traits do succesful Roadmap writers share? How can writers make the most of their meetings with executives and reps? What are the biggest challenges for aspiring writers breaking in now?

The Paper Team looks at their roadmap…

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Content

Starting in LA, selecting what to write, creating a writer’s brand, learning from your peers, finding a mentor, using social media, meeting with executives, being a “human first”, finding a rep, using intellectual property (00:54)
Final Advice, Resources, and Next Week On (40:35)

Links

Joey Tuccio on Instagram
Roadmap Writers
Roadmap’s Career Writer Programs
“How the horror short ‘Lights Out’ went from 3-minute film to Hollywood feature” – Los Angeles Times
Roadmap’s Page Analysis

Resources

SimplyScripts
Short of the Week

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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]

Composing Music for TV ft. Miranda Sachetta (Transformers: Prime Wars/The Voice) (PT94)

Composing Music for TV ft. Miranda Sachetta (Transformers: Prime Wars/The Voice) (PT94)

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Alex and Nick invite Miranda Miranda Sachetta, composer for Transformers: Prime Wars and The Voice, to discuss writing music on scripted and unscripted television shows.

What is the process of writing a piece of music for a television show? How does the communication between the composer and creatives work? How are motifs and themes used? What can TV writers learn from music composition? How does music for scripted shows differ from unscripted?

The Paper Team takes a cue…

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Content

Starting in TV, process of composing, communication with creatives, addressing notes, temp tracks, motifs and themes, working with an orchestra, what writers can learn from composers, composing for interactive formats, post-processing (00:31)
Resources and Next Week On (34:10)

Links

Miranda Sachetta
Transformers: Prime Wars Trilogy
The Eagle Huntress
Nobuo Uematsu
Neon Genesis Evangelion
My Hero Academia

Special thanks to Chris Anastasi 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:
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Nick – @_njwatson
If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]