Summary: Alex and Nick invite Ning Zhou, story editor on Ozark, to discuss how she worked her way up through the assistant ranks and into the fabled writers' room.<br> <br> What is the process of writing for Ozark? How do you transition into the writers' room? How can you nail that assistant interview? What are ways of being a valuable showrunner's assistant and writers' assistant? Why is it important for the support staff to make their career goals clear? Why is communication so important in television?<br> <br> The Paper Team moves up the Ozark writers room...<br> <br> <br> <br> Content<br> Earning Your Way Into the Writers' Room with Ning Zhou (00:32)<br> Final Advice, Resources, and Next Week On (47:08)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/name/nm3780114/">Ning Zhou on IMDb</a><br> <a href="https://www.netflix.com/title/80117552">Ozark on Netflix</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Damages_(TV_series)">Damages</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bloodline_(TV_series)">Bloodline</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2YzQMgH">"Bird by Bird" - Anne Lamott</a><br> <br> <br> If you enjoyed this episode and others, please consider supporting us on Patreon at <a href="http://paperteam.co/patreon">paperteam.co/patreon</a>! :)<br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/AlexSwitzky21">Alex Switzky</a> for helping us edit this episode.<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> For any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co<br> <br>
