Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion (PT08)




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Summary: Alex and Nick discuss how you can build a "reading onion" to get constant feedback over the course of your TV writing, and how to deal with the notes you'll be getting.<br> Who should you get comments from? What do the layers of the "onion" stand for? Which notes should you be ignoring and which ones should you address?<br> The Paper Team has a few macro thoughts on the issue...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - Who: Different people for different notes (00:37)<br> 2 - When: The "reading onion" and its first layer (11:47)<br> 3 - Outline: The second layer of the "onion" (15:15)<br> 4 - Rough Draft: The third layer of the "onion" (18:29)<br> 5 - Real Draft: the fourth layer of the "onion" (21:25)<br> 6 - Macro v. Micro notes (23:09)<br> 7 - What: Specific notes you should be getting and asking for (30:08)<br> 8 - How: Reacting to notes and addressing them (39:51)<br> Takeaways and Resources (45:06)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.wgfoundation.org/blog/podcast-writing-acting-jane-virgin">Writing Jane the Virgin</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2F6Zfhl">A Martian Wouldn't Say That! - Compiled by Leonard Stern &amp; Diane Robison</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/TvNetworkNotes">TV Network Notes (Twitter)</a><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>