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Script Readiness, Contests, and Career Detours – Paper Scraps Monthly (PT160)

Script Readiness, Contests, and Career Detours – Paper Scraps Monthly (PT160)

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Alex and Nick answer your TV writing questions about contests, script readiness, and career detours.

Plus, we look at some of the latest TV writing news about the WGA negotiating committee, speed-binging, and moving up the ladder.

Content

Post-Austin and Shout-outs (01:04)
Audience Questions: TV writing contests, script readiness, Los Angeles, and career detours (03:52)
TV Writing News: WGA negotiating committee, speed-binging, moving up, and Game of Thrones news (27:35)

Links

“Breaking Into TV” AFF Twitter thread
“Structuring a Series” AFF Twitter thread
Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion (PT08)
Moving to Los Angeles (and Things We Wish We Knew) (PT01)
WGA announces 2020 MBA Negotiating Committee
“Netflix tests speed-binge feature” – Entertainment Weekly
“Game of Thrones Naomi Watts pilot not going forward” – Deadline
“Game of Thrones House of the Dragon gets straight to series order” – Deadline
Monica Beletsky’s Twitter threads on questions regarding moving up
“Jennifer Aniston says Friends cast is working on something” – Entertainment Weekly

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TV Business Resources We Use (PT146)

TV Business Resources We Use (PT146)

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Alex and Nick share the many TV business resources they use for networking, meetings, contact management, writing news, and everything to navigate the television industry.

We go over our personal recommendations we’ve used over the years, and why they matter to us.

Content

1 – Books (00:42)
2 – Apps/Software (11:34)
3 – Hardware/Tools (28:57)
4 – Websites (35:39)
5 – Podcasts (55:23)

Links

“Small Screen, Big Picture” – Chad Gervich
“How to Manage Your Agent” – Gervich Chad
“Hollywood Game Plan” – Carole Kirschner
“This Business of Television” – Howard J. Blumenthal
“Producing Animation” – Catherine Winder and Zahra Dowlatabadi
“The One-Hour Drama: Producing Episodic Television” – Robert Del Valle
“Desperate Networks” – Bill Carter
“Make Your Contacts Count” – Anne Baber and Lynne Waymon
Networking 101: How to Talk With People in Hollywood (PT05)
Airtable
Contacts+
Teamweek
Trello
Boomerang
Slack
Discord
WhatsApp
Line
WeChat
Google Voice
@Voice Aloud Reader (TTS Reader)
Evernote
Google Keep
Venmo
Vistaprint
Moo
Stickermule
Whatshalfway
Doodle
IMDb Pro
Studio System
Variety Insights
WGA Find a Writer
Screenwriters Rant Room
The Business
Industry Standard
The Treatment
WGF Podcast
Australian Screenwriters Podcast
Screen Australia Podcast
Happier in Hollywood
3rd & Fairfax
The Writers Panel
Scriptnotes
Children of Tendu

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How to Take Feedback (PT142)

How to Take Feedback (PT142)

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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)

If you enjoyed this episode and others, please consider supporting us on Patreon at paperteam.co/patreon! :)

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

You can find Paper Team on Twitter:
Alex – @TVCalling
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For any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: [email protected]