Rachanee and Tom are back from their pandemic Summer breaks with updates on what they and the industry have been up to and what’s coming next.
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Category: Life
Session #135 – Year 4 – That’s a Wrap! Wordcursion and Heir of Amber and Fire
Looking for some Summer reading or a new game to while away the hours? This session, we discuss our recent projects; Rachanee’s new YA fantasy novel “Heir of Amber and Fire” and Tom’s just launched head-to-head mobile word find game “Wordcursion.” Both are available at links below in the show notes. This session marks the end of our 4th year! We’ll be on Summer break for a the next couple months. Look for new sessions in August. Thanks for listening!
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Session #130 – Is Hollywood Dead?
It’s hard to open YouTube without seeing a video on the “Exodus” from Los Angeles and the death of Hollywood. In this session, we debate the health status of Hollywood from the writers’ room to the movie theaters and everything in-between.
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Session #111 – Screenwriter and Blogger Jaime Jessup – WGA News – Hollywood Logjam – Brooklyn Nine-Nine & More
In this session of Writers Group Therapy, we interview screenwriter and blogger Jaime Jessup. Also: WGA News, Virtual SXSW, Brooklyn Nine-Nine Writers Room, HITRECORD.org and more.
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Session #109 – Living and Working in Hollywood in Covid 19 times with Steven Smith
In this session, one of our favorite guests is back, screenwriter, producer, documentarian and author Steven Smith, to discuss working in Hollywood in Covid 19 lockdown times.
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Session 108 – WGT Live – Hollywood working virtually – Covid 19 vs Hollywood – WGA says no strike in May – Paradigm signs WGA agreement
In this session, we discuss writing about a crisis IN the middle of the crisis, increased copyright fees, Hollywood working virtually, WGA news, and more.
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Session 107 – “Ex Pat” Comedy Podcast, WGA, Covid-19 vs Hollywood, Pilot Season & More
On this session, Tom interviews Rachanee about her new comedy podcast “Ex Pat.” Also, we discuss how Covid-19 is impacting Hollywood and how you can prepare for it, WGA and NBCUniversal, more Pilot Season news, Streamers and Basic Cable channel alliances.
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Session #102 – RIP Original Specs – MoviePass Dead? – Early Oscar Contenders – TikTok, Hollywood and Will Smith
With HBO Max (Warner Bros.) and Disney+ pulling their branded films and shows behind their walled-off kingdoms, will networks, and theaters, see more original spec scripts filling their screens? Also, MoviePass is dead, finally…or not? Early Oscar contenders. TikTok as a new place to source talent…and Will Smith.
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Session #98 – How to Say No to Projects
In today’s session, we discuss when to say no, and how to do it as well.
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Session #94 – When to Throw in the Towel
Do you ever feel like it’s never going to happen? Is this business just not for you? In today’s session, we discuss when is it time to throw in the towel and try something else.
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