Paper Scraps Monthly II – Audience Questions and July TV News (PT97)




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Summary: Alex and Nick answer more TV writing questions and react to recent TV business news, including WGAW's yearly earnings, CAA's Amplify database, Snowpiercer reshoots, and industry mergers.<br> <br> Where should you get feedback on your TV scripts? Is it better to write single-cams over multi-cams? Should a one-hour drama writer switch to writing half-hour comedies? How much of an impact does Netflix have on TV viewing habits? What influence do the AT&amp;T/Time Warner and Disney/Fox mergers have on content?<br> <br> Plus, we reveal a major announcement for our 100th episode and crown the July Paper Tease winners.<br> <br> The Paper Team buys in...<br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 100th Episode Announcement (00:54)<br> Paper Tease Session (02:39)<br> 1 - Audience Questions about TV writing (14:33)<br> 2 - July TV news: Netflix, WGAW's earnings, CAA's database, Snowpiercer, industry mergers, showrunner panel, TV writing Twitter thread (37:00)<br> <br> Announcement<br> The 100th episode of Paper Team will be a live event on Saturday, August 4.<br> Find out more and get your free tickets now at <a href="http://paperteam.co/panel100" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">http://paperteam.co/panel100</a><br> <br> Paper Tease Entries<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/paperteasers/MiracleVillage.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Miracle Village" by Alan R. Baxter</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/paperteasers/Unpresidented.pdf" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">"Unpresidented" by Matty Mendez</a><br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/rewriting-your-tv-script-pt90/">Rewriting Your TV Script (PT90)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/feedback-and-notes-building-your-reading-onion-pt08/">Feedback and Notes: Building Your Reading Onion (PT08)</a><br> <a href="https://www.coverfly.com/x/">CoverflyX</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/comedy-v-drama-declare-your-tv-major-pt02/">Comedy v. Drama: Declare Your TV Major (PT02)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-spec-script-101-pt34/">TV Spec Script 101 (PT34)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-spec-script-201-starting-your-research-pt79/">TV Spec Script 201 (PT79)</a><br> <a href="https://variety.com/2018/tv/news/netflix-tv-survey-broadcast-cable-youtube-1202864459/">"Netflix Is No. 1 Choice for TV Viewing, Beating Broadcast, Cable and YouTube" - Variety</a><br> <a href="https://deadline.com/2018/07/writers-guild-west-annual-report-2017-record-earnings-movies-tv-digital-1202422039/">"WGA West Earnings Hit Record $1.4 Billion In 2017" - Deadline</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20230225155405/https://www.amplifydatabase.com/">CAA's Amplify Database</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/scottderrickson/status/1012812246806941699">Scott Derrickson tweets about Snowpiercer reshoots</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/WarnerMedia#Acquisition_by_AT&amp;T">Time Warner acquisition by AT&amp;T</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20190328024309/https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Proposed_acquisition_of_21st_Century_Fox">Acquisition of 21st Century Fox</a><br> <a href="https://www.eff.org">Electronic Frontier Foundation</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614193341/https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1BdxYolmkDLGX">"An Evening with Female Showrunners - Panel 1" (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20180614193344/https://twitter.com/i/broadcasts/1gqxvXvzYekGB">"An Evening with Female Showrunners - Panel 2" (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://twitter.com/josemolinatv/status/1013929123658362880?s=21">Jose Molina's Twitter thread on "things you wish you knew then"</a><br> <br> <br> This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers' JumpStart Writing Competition<br> <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters."></a>