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Paper Team is now on Patreon

After three years and well over 100 episodes, Paper Team is now on Patreon!

As our podcast grows, it gets more expensive to maintain. Patreon allows our listeners (you!) to make ongoing contributions of a few dollars – in exchange for amazing rewards.

Our goal with Patreon is to not only allow our listeners to sponsor the show, but to offer exclusive content to Patrons as well.
When you become a patron, in addition to supporting our long-running podcast, you will get more content, more advice and become a part of our TV writing community:

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Joining our Patreon gets you access to more of what you love about Paper Team – including our new monthly “Paper Patron” mini-episodes where we answer your personal industry questions and give additional TV writing tips.
Patrons will obtain an in-depth behind-the-scenes look at our upcoming “Paper Team Mentorship“, where we guide one of our listeners through the process of writing a new TV pilot.
Patrons also receive exclusive full-length bonus episodes plus detailed, practical “cheat sheets” of our most popular content.

We’re launching with THREE cheat sheets, which you can access right now if you sponsor us for only $5/month:
TV Pilot 101 ?
Bringing the TV Writers’ Room Process Home ✍️
Moving to L.A. (and things we wish we knew)

tv pilot 101 cheat sheet

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We’re dedicating a “Paper Tease” slot to our Patreon supporters – which means we guarantee that at least one of our Patrons gets feedback on their TV pilot during each session.
In addition to insight from us, you’ll also get the opportunity to have your questions answered directly from some of our guests.
If you’re a friend of the call, then you know our past guests have included TV writers/producers from shows like BoJack Horseman, Riverdale, Altered Carbon, Queen Sugar, Into the Badlands, Superstore, Harley Quinn, Animaniacs, DC’s Legends of Tomorrow, and many more!

Join Our Community

Becoming a Patron of Paper Team invites you to be part of our TV writing community. Our private, curated Facebook group is filled with fans and friends of Paper Team and TV Calling. We try to make this a real look into the world of Paper Team. We post about upcoming episodes, TV writing news, as well as opinion polls that influence upcoming topics/guests.
Patrons also get early access to tickets for our mixers and live events – which fill up quickly.

If you’re interested in improving your TV writing and your career, then we believe this Patreon and our podcast are for you. Each tier offers amazing value for only a few bucks a month – and this support means we can continue to produce high-quality content on a weekly basis without compromise.

Write on.

Being a TV Showrunner’s Assistant ft. Sydney Mitchel (NCIS: New Orleans/Outcast) and Zimran Jacob (Marvel’s The Punisher) (PT76)

Alex and Nick invite Sydney Mitchel from NCIS: New Orleans & Outcast, and Zimran Jacob from Marvel’s The Punisher, to discuss the responsibilities, duties, and opportunities of being a TV showrunner’s assistant.

What does the job of a showrunner’s assistant entail? How do you get hired on a show? What does a typical work-day look like? How do assistants communicate with their showrunner? How creatively involved are showrunner’s assistants? What amount of notes and feedback do showrunners get? How can you balance working long hours and writing your own scripts?

The Paper Team gets an in…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Working in television, what a showrunner does, hiring process, duties of a showrunner’s assistant, day-to-day, communicating with the showrunner, creative involvement, shooting and production, post-production, calls and meetings, tips and advice for showrunner’s assistants, balance work and life, future projects (01:01)
Resources and Next Week On (45:20)

Links

Zimran Jacob on Twitter
Sydney Mitchel on IMDb
NCIS: New Orleans airs Tuesdays 10/9c on CBS
Outcast available on Cinemax
Marvel’s The Punisher available on Netflix
“Kevin Pollak To Direct Indie Comedy ‘Swag’” – Deadline

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]

Navigating Your First TV Writing Job ft. Britta Lundin (Riverdale) (PT67)

Alex and Nick invite Britta Lundin, story editor on The CW’s Riverdale and author of Ship It, to discuss everything you need to know about your first TV staff writing job and working on a popular show.

What is the process of getting staffed on a TV series? What is the experience of working in a writers’ room for the first time? How do you approach the “room etiquette”? From pitch to draft, and season to episode, what is the writing process like on Riverdale? How do you adapt your voice to that of a showrunner? How should you build on studio and network notes? What is a writer’s job on set and in post-production? How is writing a novel different than TV writing?

The Paper Team gets a script…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Getting staffed on Riverdale, expectations vs. reality of a TV writers’ room, adapting your voice, breaking the season and episodes, dealing with notes, writers’ room etiquette, being on set and in post, engaging with fandom, converting a screenplay into a novel and differences between the two forms (00:56)
Resources and Next Week On (57:57)

Links

Britta Lundin on Twitter
Riverdale on The CW (Wednesdays 8/7c)
Pre-order “Ship It” by Britta Lundin
Roberto Aguirre-Sacasa
“Chapter Ten: The Lost Weekend” (1×10 – Riverdale)
Jughead’s “I’m Weird” Speech Meme
“How To Practice “Safe” Shipping w/ The Riverdale Cast” (Video)

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]