Finding Stability as a Nascent TV Writer ft. Julia Yorks (The Adventures of Puss in Boots/Skylanders Academy) (PT120)

Summary: Alex and Nick invite Julia Yorks, writer on The Adventures of Puss in Boots, Skylanders Academy, and Trolls: The Beat Goes On, to discuss finding stability as a nascent TV writer and moving up the ladder.<br> <br> How do you navigate building a career as a new TV writer? How do you deal with the instability of the profession? How can you balance other jobs with writing? What is the process of transitioning to full-time staff writer? How was the writing process of Puss in Boots, Skylanders Academy and Trolls? <br> <br> The Paper Team steps up...<br> <br> <br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Finding stability as an up-and-coming TV writer with Julia Yorks (00:53)<br> Final Advice, Resources, and Next Week On (42:17)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://twitter.com/juliayorks">Julia Yorks on Twiter</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Puss_in_Boots">The Adventures of Puss in Boots</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skylanders_Academy">Skylanders Academy</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trolls:_The_Beat_Goes_On!">Trolls: The Beat Goes On</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/finding-content-for-digital-tv-ft-hillary-levi-vrv-pt112/">"Finding Content for Digital TV ft. Hillary Levi (VRV)" (PT112)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jack_Reacher_(film)">Jack Reacher (Film)</a><br> <a href="https://cinemorgue.fandom.com/wiki/Julia_Yorks">Julia Yorks on Cinemorgue</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2CRcQdt">"Save The Cat" - Blake Snyder</a><br> <br> This episode brought to you by Script Pipeline<a href="https://scriptpipeline.com/shop/tv-writing-contest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a>Submit by March 1st to the <a href="https://scriptpipeline.com/shop/tv-writing-contest" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">2019 Script Pipeline contest</a> for a reduced entry fee<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>