Summary: Alex and Nick discuss tips and advice on making new TV and other industry contacts in Los Angeles. How do you create connections for yourself before setting foot in Hollywood? How do you use ones you may already have? And where do you start when you don't know anyone in this strange city? The Paper Team tackles the subject and much more.<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> <br> 1 - Making connections before getting to LA (00:40)<br> 2 - Don't lose sight of the connections you already have (07:29)<br> 3 - What to do when you don't know anyone (14:24)<br> 4 - Creating your own adventures (41:04)<br> Takeaways and Resources (44:31)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180323150538/http://hrts.org:80/jhrts-about/?">JHRTS</a><br> <a href="http://www.networkisa.org/">International Screenwriters Association</a><br> <a href="http://tracking-board.com">Tracking-Board.com</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230603010809/https://www.trackingb.com/">TrackingB</a><br> <a href="http://www.jengrisanti.com/events/">Jen Grisanti's Friday Night Drinks</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230323024855/https://blcklst.com/events/">The Black List Events</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/TVWritersPanel">Nerdist Writers Panel</a><br> <a href="http://austinfilmfestival.com/">Austin Film Festival</a><br> <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/cci">San Diego Comic-Con</a><br> <a href="http://www.comic-con.org/wca">WonderCon (Anaheim/Los Angeles)</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/JeffLieber">Jeffrey Lieber's Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/OKBJGM">Javier Grillo-Marxuach's Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/JoseMolinaTV">Jose Molina's Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://www.reddit.com/r/Screenwriting/">reddit's Screenwriting subreddit</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="http://www.meetup.com/">Meetup.com</a><br> <a href="https://groups.yahoo.com/neo/groups/tvwriters/info">LA TV Writers Group - Yahoo</a><br> <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/latvwriters/">LA TV Writers Group - Facebook</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HQQ1IU">Hollywood Game Plan - Carole Kirschner</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>
