Bringing the TV Writers’ Room Process Home (PT06) - Paper Team

Alex and Nick dig into why it's important to maintain a consistent TV writing routine, and how you can mimic the same process from TV writers' rooms into your own home. It's all about working through each individual (but vital) step of television writing, including inception, pitching, outlining, drafting and rewriting. SHOWNOTES Content 1 - Why you need to have a TV writing routine (00:27) 2 - Breaking down the TV writers' room process (04:12) 3 - Inception (05:12) 4 - Background Processing (20:29) 5 - Pitching (21:44) 6 - Outlining (26:07) 7 - Drafting (36:48) 8 - Feedback and Rewriting (44:48) Takeaways and Resources (53:37) Links Revenge and The Count of Monte Cristo Master Class with Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman) Patent Trolling Wikipedia's Random Feature Anuario Luis Herrera Solís Apple Notes Google Keep Moleskine Notebook The Man Who Makes Sense of Lost (Gregg Nations) Interview with Bryan Cogman Scrivener Index cards in Final Draft The TV Writer's Workbook - Ellen Sandler Alien shooting script John Swartzwelder Resources Creative Spark with Dustin Lance Black (Video) Inside the Breaking Bad writers' room (Article) Vince Gilligan on breaking a story in a writer's room (Video) If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please leave us an iTunes review and/or rating 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: ask@paperteam.co