In this session, we talk our writing goals for 2023, the latest news including the WGA prepping for contract negotiations, Twitch payout cuts, COVID in Hollywood, Moviepass’ resurrection, and more. SHOW NOTES:
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Session #145 – Interview with The Story Merchant Ken Atchity
This session, we have the multitalented Ken Atchity, a best-selling author, producer, literary manger, professor and editor who aptly goes by the moniker The Story Merchant. He got his B.A. at Georgetown, his Ph.D. at Yale. He was a tenured professor of comparative literature at Occidental College and a distinguished instructor at UCLA Writers program. He’s worked in publishing and filmmaking and is a member of the TV Academy of Arts and Sciences as well as the Producer’s Guild.
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Session #129 – Writing movies for the streaming market with writer/producer/director Jeff Deverett.
We speak with writer, producer and director Jeff Deverett about writing movies for the growing streaming market and how his experience, as a lawyer and distributor helped in producing seven movies and distributing three of them on Netflix.
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Session #121 – Weird American Film & TV Tropes
American movies and TV shows are watched around the world, but to others, we do some weird stuff. For this lighter session, we analyze the depiction of Americans in entertainment based on the Buzzfeed list “37 Things Americans Do In Movies/TV Shows That Truly Confuse Non-American.”
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Session #115 – Contained Scripts
Contained scripts are in high demand. We discuss writing a contained script and why you might want to.
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Session #106 – Sam Gasch from the Ideal Remake podcast, Mini-Slug lines and lots of news
In this mega-session of Writers Group Therapy, we interview Sam Gash, host of the “Ideal Remake” podcast, as well as discuss the Oscars, the Mini-Slug line, WGA’s upcoming contract negotiations and studios stockpiling scripts, Mulan, Representation, NBC’s Peacock streamer and more!
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Session #89 – Writing Hard Scenes
They’re not something we, thankfully, as writers, have personally experienced. So, how do you write scenes depicting rape or abuse, murder or drugs?
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February Page-A-Day Challenge
Here’s the official February Page-A-Day Challenge List!
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Session #69 – Notes Etiquette
Getting notes on your projects can be a harrowing experience. How you give them is just as important. In today’s session, we discuss how to deal with notes from both sides.
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Session #68 – Newbie Guide to Screenwriting
You’ve dashed your parents’ hopes and decided you want to be a screenwriter. We often get asked questions from people who, not too far in the distant past, we were: The Newbie Screenwriter.
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