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Reimagined for TV: Writing Shows Based on Popular IP – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2018 (PT83)

For the second Paper Team Live event, Alex and Nick head to WonderCon 2018 to host a panel on adapting IPs to television.

From books, to comics and movies, it seems that all your favorite TV shows are adaptations of existing properties. But writing a fresh story within well-known worlds poses its own set of challenges. That’s why we’ve invited an all-star panel of TV writers and producers to hear their thoughts on this topic.

Panelists include Michael R. Perry (Altered Carbon, The Dead Zone), Ray Utarnachitt (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, Person of Interest), Kai Yu Wu (The Flash, Hannibal), Britta Lundin (Riverdale), and Colleen McAllister (My Little Pony, Littlest Pet Shop).

What is the process of adapting something to television? How can writers stay true to established material while putting their own spin on it? Why do certain properties make for great TV? How do writers and producers interact with original creators and rights owners?

The Paper Team returns live to room 209…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Team WonderCon 2018 panel on adapting IPs for television (00:41)
Next Time On (48:13)

Links

Colleen McAllister on Twitter
Britta Lundin on Twitter
Ray Utarnachitt on Twitter
Kai Wu on Twitter
Michael R. Perry on Twitter
My Little Pony: Equestria Girls
Littlest Pet Shop
Hanazuki: Full of Treasures
Riverdale
“Ship It” – Britta Lundin
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
The Flash
Supergirl
Hannibal
Deception
Altered Carbon
Captain Cold
Justice League Action
Psych
Jughead Jones
Richard K. Morgan
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
Bryan Fuller
Greg Berlanti
Geoff Johns
Heat Wave
Felicity Smoak
The Chilling Adventures of Sabrina
Marc Guggenheim
Laeta Kalogridis
“TV Writer vs. Fandom: Writers’ Rooms and Fan Interaction” (PT38)
Ms. Marvel
Five Deadly Venoms
Nancy Drew (Film)
Into the Badlands
Little House on the Prairie books
Weird War Tales

Special thanks to Alex Switzky for the audio recording and Lauren Conoscenti for the photo.

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]

Tone in TV Writing (PT60)

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Alex and Nick discuss the importance of tone in TV shows and how to establish it in your own writing.

What is tone in television? Where do TV shows fit on the scale between farce and gritty realism? How can you establish tone through story, character, themes, and world? How do you keep a consistent tone in your TV script?

Plus, we announce brand new episode transcripts.

The Paper Team goes dark and gritty…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Scraps: New Paper Team transcripts (00:23)
1 – Defining tone and its importance (01:56)
2 – How to set-up or establish tone: world, character, story, dialogue, themes, and marketing (08:12)
3 – Tonal dissonance and “tonal recall” (32:53)
Takeaways and Resources (38:35)

Links

“TV World-Building 101” (PT44) – Transcript
“Joke-Writing, Stand-Up and Late-Night TV ft. Simon Taylor (The Tonight Show with Jay Leno)” (PT22) – Transcript
“Writing Adult Comedy Animation ft. Alison Tafel (BoJack Horseman)” (PT39) – Transcript
“Assisting TV Comedy Writers ft. Gary Sundt (Superstore/The Goldbergs)” (PT43)
“Breaking in & Writing From “Outside the System” ft. Hilliard Guess (The Screenwriter’s Rant Room)” (PT47) – Transcript
Psych
The Shield
The Mentalist
Burn Notice
Homeland
Arrested Development
Ozark
Jason Bateman
Coen Brothers
Burn After Reading
Desperate Housewives
Doctor Who
Christopher Eccleston
David Tennant
Matt Smith
Veronica Mars
“Fly” (3×10 – Breaking Bad)
Rian Johnson
“Wormhole X-Treme!” (5×12 – Stargate SG-1)
“200” (10×06 – Stargate SG-1)
Guardians of the Galaxy Vol. 2
The Hitman’s Bodyguard
Kingsman Church Scene (Video)
Star Trek: Discovery
The Orville
The Mummy (2017 Film)
The Mummy (1999 Film)
Saw
The Room
The Disaster Artist (Film)
“It insists upon itself” – Family Guy (Video)
Terriers
Sweeney Todd (Film)
Cougar Town
The TV Set
Flanderization
The Practice
David E. Kelley
Boston Legal
Baywatch
Baywatch Nights

Resources

Tone Shift (TV Tropes)

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 Writer vs. Fandom: Writers’ Rooms and Fan Interaction – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2017 (PT38)

For the first Paper Team Live event, Alex and Nick go to WonderCon 2017 to host a panel on the dialogue between TV writers and their fans.
This relationship has become a vital tool for many television shows — and one that is often very fickle. That’s why we’ve invited writers and assistants from several beloved shows to share their thoughts on the issue.

Panelists include Ray Utarnachitt (DC’s Legends of Tomorrow), Jill Weinberger (Chicago Fire), Tennessee Martin (Lucifer), Diya Mishra (The Tick), and Taylor Brogan (The Shannara Chronicles).

What does a typical conversation look like between a writers’ room and their fandom? How much attention do TV writers pay to fans? Have fans’ voices changed the course of a story or character? What is it like going from being a fan of a show to being involved directly in the creative decisions?

The Paper Team goes live in room 209…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Live Paper Team WonderCon panel (00:00:38)
Next Time On (01:01:15)

Links

Taylor Brogan on Twitter
Diya Mishra on Twitter
Tennessee Martin on Twitter
Jill Weinberger on Twitter
Ray Utarnachitt on Twitter
The Shannara Chronicles
Into the Badlands
Gilmore Girls
Emily Gilmore
Powerless
The Tick
Pokémon (anime)
Lucifer
South of Nowhere
Chicago Fire
Wonder Woman (TV series)
DC’s Legends of Tomorrow
Buffy the Vampire Slayer
It’s Your Move
The Tick Writers’ Room on Twitter
Lucifer Writers’ Room on Twitter
Into the Badlands Writers’ Room on Twitter
The Shannara Chronicles Writers’ Room on Twitter
Derek Haas
Marc Guggenheim
Ben Edlund
Person of Interest
Terry Brooks
ATX Television Festival
Hep Alien
Amy Sherman-Palladino
Sutton Foster
Rachael Harris
“The One Where Rachel Has a Baby: Part 1” (8×23 – Friends)
Psych
Michael Emerson
Sports Night
Holly Robinson Peete
Iron Fist (TV series)
Atom (Ryan Choi)
Atom (Ray Palmer)
Brandon Routh
Hogsmeade
The Magicians (TV series)
iZombie (TV series)
Victoria Thompson’s “Gaslight Mysteries”
Grace and Frankie
Legion (TV series)
Good Girls Revolt
Riverdale (TV series)
Lee Toland Krieger

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]