Fighting Writer's Block and Other Literary Ailments
With studios more risk adverse to original ideas and seemingly rebooting anything under the sun, should you write a reboot? In today’s session, we discuss how writing reboots works for or against you in contests and pitches. Writers Group Therapy – Session 93 – Should you write a reboot? SHOW NOTES: Session #27 – Contest, Fellowships & FestivalsSession #79 – Is it a Sequel, a Remake, or a Rehash?
Listen Now
In today’s session, we interview Mike Blum, Chief Creative Officer at Pipsqueak Animation. Mike is a writer, director and producer who started making animated films while at Disney Feature Animation. Writers Group Therapy – Session 92 – Interview with Mike Blum, Chief Creative Officer at Pipsqueak Animation SHOW NOTES:Pipsqueak Animation: http://www.pipsqueakfilms.com
Listen Now
In this session, we talk about strategy and options for making the most of your time as a writer over the Summer.
Listen Now
Rachanee and Tom share their experiences become students in Masterclass.
Listen Now
They’re not something we, thankfully, as writers, have personally experienced. So, how do you write scenes depicting rape or abuse, murder or drugs? We discuss in this week’s Writers Group Therapy. Writers Group Therapy – Session 89 – Writing Hard Scenes SHOW NOTES: none this episode
Listen Now
Where’s the line between paying homage and ripping off a well known movie or TV show?
Listen Now
It’s not everyday that a TV show makes it to four seasons, let alone seven, or 10, or even, as record holder The Simpsons currently stands, 30. In this session, we discuss what makes a show go the distance. Why doesn’t it “jump the shark”?
Listen Now
In this week’s session we interview documentarian and author Steven Smith. Steven has produced over 200 documentary features ranging from “The Sound of Music,” to “Star Wars,” to “Aquaman.”
Listen Now
Besides the stories we put into our scripts, we all have our own “writer’s story.” How does your writer’s story influence how and what you write? We discuss our stories and how they drive us in today’s session.
Listen Now
In today’s session, we interview podcast writer Ashley Quach from the “Deck the Halls” podcast. Writers Group Therapy – Session 84 – Interview with Deck the Halls Podcast Writer Ashley Quach SHOW NOTES:Sassquach WebsiteDeck The Halls (with Matrimony) Podcast on iTunesSassquach Radio on Twitter
Listen Now