TV Writing for Comedy & Drama ft. Michelle Badillo & Caroline Levich (One Day at a Time/The Bold Type) (PT115)
Summary: Alex and Nick invite Michelle Badillo & Caroline Levich, writers on Neflix's One Day at a Time and Freeform's The Bold Type, to discuss their experiences working in both half-hour and one-hour TV writers' rooms.<br> <br> How do you approach your first days in a writers' room? What are some of the differences and challenges between breaking a half-hour and a one-hour show? What lessons can TV writers take from working in both multi-cam and drama rooms? How do you adapt to differences in tone between the formats? How are stories broken on One Day at a Time and The Bold Type? What was it like working on a Humanitas-nominated episode of TV? How can you use branding to your advantage as a writer? What are some tips for successfully transitioning between formats and genre?<br> <br> The Paper Team changes tone...<br> <br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Writing for both TV comedy and TV drama with Michelle Badillo & Caroline Levich (00:37)<br> Final Advice, Resources and Next Week On (47:28)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/MisterMichelle_">Michelle Badillo on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/caroline_levich">Caroline Levich on Twitter</a><br> <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80095532">"One Day at a Time" on Netflix</a><br> <a href="https://freeform.go.com/shows/the-bold-type">"The Bold Type" on Freeform</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gloria_Calderon_Kellett">Gloria Calderon Kellett</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230902014530/https://www.hollywoodfringe.org/">Hollywood Fringe Festival</a><br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm2021624/">Dan Hernandez</a><br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt7314960/">"Hello, Penelope" (2x09 - One Day at a Time)</a><br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm0489539/">Amanda Lasher</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2Ecf6hR">"How to Succeed in Business Without Really Crying" by Carol Leifer</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2QF3uuh">"Just the Funny Parts" by Nell Scovell</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Comeback_(TV_series)">The Comeback</a><br> <br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</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>
