Should You Pay for TV Writing Education? (PT19)




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Summary: Alex and Nick discuss the value of paying for screenwriting education.<br> From graduate school to extension classes and books, we take a look at whether or not they're worth your time or money to learn about TV writing.<br> <br> What is the point of film school for television? Which extra classes are worth paying for? What are some of the best books on the subject?<br> <br> The Paper Team opens their textbook...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - A special e-mail and our own TV writing education (0:32)<br> 2 - Is film school worth it for TV? (10:08)<br> 3 - TV writing extension classes and books (14:53)<br> Takeaways &amp; Resources (25:03)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/the-showrunner-program/">UCLA's TFT mysterious "showrunner program"</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170815065207/http://writers.uclaextension.edu/">UCLA's Writing Extension Classes</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20220102185045/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Richard_Hatem">Richard Hatem</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2Hmc0qa">The TV Writer's Workbook by Ellen Sandler</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HkURB0">Elephant Bucks by Sheldon Bull</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HoDT0N">The Cheeky Monkey by Tim Ferguson</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HkV5Im">The Coffee Break Screenwriter by Pilar Alessandra</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2K5Jk6s">Writing the TV Drama Series by Pamela Douglas</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2vEgMOk">Small Screen, Big Picture by Chad Gervich</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2K4ixY6">Desperate Networks by Bill Carter</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="http://guru.bafta.org/">BAFTA Guru</a><br> <a href="http://www.bbc.co.uk/writersroom/">BBC Writers Room</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonjcohn">Jason J. Cohn</a> for helping us edit this episode.<br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at <a href="http://paperteam.co/itunes">paperteam.co/itunes</a>! :)<br> <br> You can find Paper Team on Twitter:<br> Alex - <a href="https://twitter.com/TVCalling">@TVCalling</a><br> Nick - <a href="https://twitter.com/_njwatson">@_njwatson</a><br> If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>