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The Paper Team 99th Episode Special (PT99)

Alex and Nick celebrate the ninety-ninth episode of Paper Team with a jam-packed retrospective of the podcast, including clips chosen by our listeners, popular moments, and new insights from past guests.

What are some of our listeners’ favorite moments and episodes? What new advice do some of our most popular guests have to share? How has Paper Team evolved over nearly one hundred episodes?

From assistants to writers and producers, we also get updates and fresh tips from several of our awesome guests: Britta Lundin, Hilliard Guess, Bob Dearden, Jenny Deiker, Zimran Jacob, T.A. Snyder, Franklin jin Rho, Ray Utarnachitt, and Kai Yu Wu.

Plus, we make a major announcement about an upcoming project.

The Paper Team puts on a bow tie…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Paper Team Mentorship Announcement (00:01:20)
1 – Favorite moments and iconic episodes chosen by our listeners (00:03:43)
2 – Updates from our guests ft. Britta Lundin, Hilliard Guess, Bob Dearden, Jenny Deiker, Zimran Jacob, T.A. Snyder, Franklin jin Rho, Ray Utarnachitt, and Kai Yu Wu (01:02:1)
3 – Looking back at two years of Paper Team and special thanks (01:50:33)

Links

Managing TV Writers ft. Daniela Garcia-Brcek (PT59)
Writing Adult Comedy Animation ft. Alison Tafel (PT39)
The TV Writer’s Mindset: Dealing With Procrastination, Blank Page, and the Muse (PT17)
Breaking in & Writing From “Outside the System” ft. Hilliard Guess (PT47)
TV Pitch Documents (PT82)
TV Writing Programs and Fellowships (PT85)
Weaving Storylines: A/B/C Stories (PT53)
Branding Yourself (PT86)
TV Pilot 101 (PT30)
Analyzing Great TV Pilots (PT54)
TV Writer vs. Fandom – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2017 (PT38)
Reimagined for TV – Paper Team Live at WonderCon 2018 (PT83)
Creating Animated TV Shows ft. Tom Ruegger (PT89)
From Intern to TV Writer ft. Bob Dearden (PT87)
TV Production Companies ft. Logan Kriete (PT74)
TV Criticism ft. Heather Mason & LaToya Ferguson (PT81)
Tone in TV Writing (PT60)
Nonlinear Storytelling (PT70)
Moving to Los Angeles (and Things We Wish We Knew) (PT01)
Navigating Your First TV Writing Job ft. Britta Lundin (PT67)
Being a TV Showrunner’s Assistant (PT76)
TV Writing Competition Winners: What Happens Next? (PT55)
Being a TV Script Coordinator ft. Franklin jin Rho (PT21)

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]

Paper Scraps Monthly II – Audience Questions and July TV News (PT97)

Alex and Nick answer more TV writing questions and react to recent TV business news, including WGAW’s yearly earnings, CAA’s Amplify database, Snowpiercer reshoots, and industry mergers.

Where should you get feedback on your TV scripts? Is it better to write single-cams over multi-cams? Should a one-hour drama writer switch to writing half-hour comedies? How much of an impact does Netflix have on TV viewing habits? What influence do the AT&T/Time Warner and Disney/Fox mergers have on content?

Plus, we reveal a major announcement for our 100th episode and crown the July Paper Tease winners.

The Paper Team buys in…

SHOWNOTES

Content

100th Episode Announcement (00:54)
Paper Tease Session (02:39)
1 – Audience Questions about TV writing (14:33)
2 – July TV news: Netflix, WGAW’s earnings, CAA’s database, Snowpiercer, industry mergers, showrunner panel, TV writing Twitter thread (37:00)

Announcement

The 100th episode of Paper Team will be a live event on Saturday, August 4.
Find out more and get your free tickets now at http://paperteam.co/panel100

Paper Tease Entries

“Miracle Village” by Alan R. Baxter
“Unpresidented” by Matty Mendez

Links

Rewriting Your TV Script (PT90)
Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion (PT08)
CoverflyX
Comedy v. Drama: Declare Your TV Major (PT02)
TV Spec Script 101 (PT34)
TV Spec Script 201 (PT79)
“Netflix Is No. 1 Choice for TV Viewing, Beating Broadcast, Cable and YouTube” – Variety
“WGA West Earnings Hit Record $1.4 Billion In 2017” – Deadline
CAA’s Amplify Database
Scott Derrickson tweets about Snowpiercer reshoots
Time Warner acquisition by AT&T
Acquisition of 21st Century Fox
Electronic Frontier Foundation
“An Evening with Female Showrunners – Panel 1” (Video)
“An Evening with Female Showrunners – Panel 2” (Video)
Jose Molina’s Twitter thread on “things you wish you knew then”

This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers’ JumpStart Writing 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]

Creating and Running a Children’s TV Show ft. Mike Alber (Kirby Buckets) (PT96)

Alex and Nick invite Mike Alber, co-creator of Disney XD’s Kirby Buckets, to discuss everything about running a kids show, from producing a pilot and staffing a writers’ room, to generating new material and staying creative.

What is the process of selling a show? What is the journey of getting a pilot produced? How is a writing staff assembled? How do you transition from writer to showrunner? How is a kids television show made? What was it like working on Death Valley and Supah Ninjas? What was the experience of getting a freelance script on The Flash?

The Paper Team gets warped…

SHOWNOTES

Content

Getting a first writing assignment, moving to LA, working on Death Valley and Supah Ninjas, selling a show to Disney, getting the pilot of Kirby Bucket produced, interaction with other producers and showrunner, staffing and running a writers’ room, breaking stories, production on a live-action children’s show, freelancing on The Flash, transitioning between formats and genre (00:27)
Resources and Next Week On (1:02:48)

Links

Mike Alber on Twitter (@MAlber)
Mike Alber on Twitter (@MAlber2000)
Kirby Buckets
Gabe Snyder
Death Valley
Supah Ninjas
Kristofor Brown
“Subject 9” (4×14 – The Flash)

Resources

“Small Screen, Big Picture” – Chad Gervich
“The TV Writer’s Workbook” – Ellen Sandler

This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers

Use code ROADMAP to get $15 OFF your first Roadmap Writers Program

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]