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Audience Questions – TV Writing and TV Business (PT91)

Audience Questions – TV Writing and TV Business (PT91)

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Alex and Nick answer audience questions about television writing and the TV business.

Is there a benefit to writing beyond the pilot? Do dramas have an equivalent to comedy “punch-ups”? What does an outline look like? How do you sell a TV concept? Where can you find networking events that TV writers go to?

Plus, we look at two new Paper Tease entries.

The Paper Team raises their hand…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Tease Session (00:56)
1 – Questions about TV writing (11:22)
2 – Questions about the TV business (20:26)
3 – Questions and comments about the podcast (33:32)

Paper Tease Entries

“Figments” by Dustin Pinney
“Jackie & Marilyn” by Benjamin Morgan

Links

Pitch Doc One – TV Calling
TV Pitching 101: Who, What, and Why (PT13)
TV Pitch Documents (PT82)
Bringing the TV Writers’ Room Process Home (PT06)
From Outline to (First) Draft (PT28)
How to Meet People in LA (When You Don’t Know Anyone) (PT03)
Putting Yourself Out There (PT75)

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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]

Putting Yourself Out There (PT75)

Putting Yourself Out There (PT75)

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Alex and Nick discuss how you can put yourself out there as a creative and TV writer. From proactive networking to content generation, learn ways of staying in the loop and in people’s minds.

How do you build new connections and foster meaningful professional relationships? How do you stay in the conversation for new jobs and opportunities? What are ways of putting your content out there and creating a presence? What should you look for in a mentor?

Plus, we talk finding a first agent.

The Paper Team gets out…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Scraps: Getting an agent and more reviews (00:52)
1 – Putting yourself out there: proactively building relationships (04:55)
2 – Putting your content out there: presence and branding (18:06)
3 – Putting others in there: mentoring and passing the torch (26:04)
Challenges and Resources (32:19)

Links

“TV Writer Representation 101” (PT31)
“189 – The Assistant’s Track” – Hilliard Guess’ Screenwriters Rant Room

Resources

“Breaking In: Tales from the Screenwriting Trenches” – Lee Jessup
Buffer

This episode brought to you by Tracking Board’s Launch Pad Writing Competitions

Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a Launch Pad 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]

The 2017 Paper Team Holiday Special (PT71)

The 2017 Paper Team Holiday Special (PT71)

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Alex and Nick celebrate the end of 2017 by taking a look back at Paper Team’s past year, and a look forward at what is to come in 2018.

What were the most popular Paper Team episodes of the year? What was the best thing of 2017? What new gifts did Nick and Alex exchange with one another?

Plus, a word about contacting our guests.

The Paper Team throws some confetti…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Scraps: A word about etiquette (01:10)
1 – Paper Team 2017: A year in review (03:26)
2 – Best of 2017 and our milestones (11:39)
3 – Preparing for 2018 as a TV writer (35:37)
4 – Paper Team goals for 2018 (44:29)
Gift Exchange and Next Time On (48:10)

Links

“Networking 101: How to Talk With People in Hollywood” (PT05)
“How to Follow Up (Without Seeming Desperate)” (PT07)
“TV Pilot 101” (PT30)
“TV Spec Script 101” (PT34)
“TV Writer vs. Fandom: Writers’ Rooms and Fan Interaction – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2017” (PT38)
“Should You Pay for TV Writing Education?” (PT19)
“Managing TV Writers ft. Daniela Garcia-Brcek (Circle of Confusion)” (PT59)
“Assisting TV Comedy Writers ft. Gary Sundt (Superstore/The Goldbergs)” (PT43)
“Writing Adult Comedy Animation ft. Alison Tafel (BoJack Horseman)” (PT39)
“Spec v. Pilot: What You Should Be Writing Next” (PT04)
“Breaking in & Writing From “Outside the System” ft. Hilliard Guess (The Screenwriter’s Rant Room)” (PT47)
“TV Writing Competition Winners: What Happens Next?” (PT55)
“Finding Frances” (4×07 – Nathan For You)
“The Movement” (3×03 – Nathan For You)
“The Movement” – Jack Garbarino
“Git Gone” (1×04 – American Gods)
“Firestorm” (1×10 – The Orville)
“Dance Dance Resolution” (2×02 – The Good Place)
“The Ricklantis Mixup” (3×07 – Rick & Morty)
Dark
DuckTales 2017
Draemings
Julien Baker
Jordan Peele Breaks Down “Get Out” Fan Theories (Video)
Paper Girls
“SLAM!” – Pamela Ribon
“Navigating Your First TV Writing Job ft. Britta Lundin (Riverdale)” (PT67)
“The Emotion Thesaurus” – Angela Ackerman & Becca Puglisi
Hemingway Editor
The Salmon Pages
Scorpius comics
Codenames Duet

This episode brought to you by Tracking Board’s Launch Pad Writing Competitions

Use code PAPERTEAM to get $15 OFF when you enter a Launch Pad 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]