How do you find time to write? As aspiring screenwriters, we always struggle to find time to focus on our writing projects. It’s a skill and we discuss our best ideas for how to make writing a priority to keep you moving forward.
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Fighting Writer's Block and Other Literary Ailments
How do you find time to write? As aspiring screenwriters, we always struggle to find time to focus on our writing projects. It’s a skill and we discuss our best ideas for how to make writing a priority to keep you moving forward.
Listen NowIn a very special session of Writers Group Therapy, we interview veteran comedy writer and executive producer Dan O’Shannon. Having written for some of the most iconic and successful comedies in TV history (Modern Family, Cheers, Newhart, Fraiser, and many more), we are excited to learn from Dan’s experience in Hollywood and the writers’ room.
Listen NowIt’s that time again! No, not Spring, well, yeah, almost, but here on Writers Group Therapy it’s Screenwriting Contest, Fellowship and Festival season. Now is the time you should be getting your spec scripts done to submit to the big fellowships in May and June as well as the other screenwriting contests and festivals. We discuss what, when and how to write in this week’s session.
Listen NowIn this week’s session, we talk about how Science Fiction has gone mainstream, with films like “The Shape of Water” and “Get Out” winning Oscars, and with Marvel and Star Wars dominating box offices worldwide, sci-fi isn’t just for nerds any longer.
Listen NowIn this week’s session, we discuss the latest Marvel blockbuster “Black Panther,” from a writer’s perspective, and discuss characters, gender roles, world building and more.
Listen NowDo you like musical TV shows? Listen in on this week’s session as we interview screenwriter/songwriter Adam Pineless and talk about his punk rock musical TV pilot.
Listen NowHow, when and where do you get a writing mentor? What makes a good mentor? Are you a mentor? Join us in this week’s session all about mentors.
Listen NowDo you focus all your time and effort into crafting the perfect script for your passion project? Or do you write anything and everything until your eyeballs bleed? We discuss where we fall on the continuum of working on one project to multiple projects in this week’s session of Writers Group Therapy.
Listen NowThey’res nuthing woors then ungood gramer! Of course you want people to be enthralled by your characters and story, and not distracted by your poor punctuation, but writing with proper grammar also can make a difference in how an actor reads a line and how it impacts the other characters in the scene. We discuss the myriad of reasons to check and double-check your work for proper grammar.
Listen NowHow, and when, do you protect your work? Do you need to file for a copyright? With the Writers Guild? We discuss the hows and whens of copyrighting your script.
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