Summary: NEW: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/23723670" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get the episode cheat sheet on our Patreon</a>!<br> <br> 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.<br> <br> It's all about working through each individual (but vital) step of television writing, including inception, pitching, outlining, drafting and rewriting.<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - Why you need to have a TV writing routine (00:27)<br> 2 - Breaking down the TV writers' room process (04:12)<br> 3 - Inception (05:12)<br> 4 - Background Processing (20:29)<br> 5 - Pitching (21:44)<br> 6 - Outlining (26:07)<br> 7 - Drafting (36:48)<br> 8 - Feedback and Rewriting (44:48)<br> Takeaways and Resources (53:37)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190621043908/http://www.geekpittsburgh.com:80/reflections/revengemontecristo.htm">Revenge and The Count of Monte Cristo</a><br> <a href="https://www.wgfoundation.org/blog/podcast-master-class-evan-daugherty">Master Class with Evan Daugherty (Snow White and the Huntsman)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patent_troll">Patent Trolling</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wikipedia:Random">Wikipedia's Random Feature</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Anuario_Luis_Herrera_Sol%C3%ADs">Anuario Luis Herrera Solís</a><br> <a href="https://support.apple.com/kb/ph12081?locale=en_US">Apple Notes</a><br> <a href="http://keep.google.com">Google Keep</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2K4MR50">Moleskine Notebook</a><br> <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2009/01/18/arts/television/18wyat.html">The Man Who Makes Sense of Lost (Gregg Nations)</a><br> <a href="http://www.westeros.org/GoT/Features/Entry/Interview_with_Bryan_Cogman%20(Game%20of%20Thrones)">Interview with Bryan Cogman</a><br> <a href="https://www.literatureandlatte.com/scrivener.php">Scrivener</a><br> <a href="http://web.archive.org/web/20150827161846/http://www.finaldraft.com:80/discover/articles/how-to/how-to-outline-your-screenplay">Index cards in Final Draft</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HRXojp">The TV Writer's Workbook - Ellen Sandler</a><br> <a href="http://www.dailyscript.com/scripts/alien_shooting.html">Alien shooting script</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/John_Swartzwelder">John Swartzwelder</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vrvawtrRxsw">Creative Spark with Dustin Lance Black (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2013/sep/20/breaking-bad-writers-room-vince-gilligan">Inside the Breaking Bad writers' room (Article)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ULaKzwivJQI">Vince Gilligan on breaking a story in a writer's room (Video)</a><br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please leave us an iTunes review and/or rating 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>
