Audience Questions – TV Writing and TV Business (PT91)




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Summary: Alex and Nick answer audience questions about television writing and the TV business.<br> <br> Is there a benefit to writing beyond the pilot? Do dramas have an equivalent to comedy "punch-ups"? What does an outline look like? How do you sell a TV concept? Where can you find networking events that TV writers go to?<br> <br> Plus, we look at two new Paper Tease entries.<br> <br> The Paper Team raises their hand...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Tease Session (00:56)<br> 1 - Questions about TV writing (11:22)<br> 2 - Questions about the TV business (20:26)<br> 3 - Questions and comments about the podcast (33:32)<br> <br> Paper Tease Entries<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/paperteasers/Figments.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">"Figments" by Dustin Pinney</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/paperteasers/JackieMarilyn.pdf" rel="noopener" target="_blank">"Jackie &amp; Marilyn" by Benjamin Morgan</a><br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/pitch-doc-one/">Pitch Doc One - TV Calling</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-pitching-101-who-what-and-why-pt13/">TV Pitching 101: Who, What, and Why (PT13)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/tv-pitch-documents-pt82/">TV Pitch Documents (PT82)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/bringing-the-tv-writers-room-process-home-pt06/">Bringing the TV Writers’ Room Process Home (PT06)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/from-outline-to-first-draft-pt28/">From Outline to (First) Draft (PT28)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/how-to-meet-people-in-la-when-you-dont-know-anyone-pt03/">How to Meet People in LA (When You Don’t Know Anyone) (PT03)</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/putting-yourself-out-there-pt75/">Putting Yourself Out There (PT75)</a><br> <br> <br> This episode brought to you by Roadmap Writers<br> <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com" target="_blank"></a><br> Use code ROADMAP to get $15 OFF your first <a href="https://www.roadmapwriters.com" target="_blank">Roadmap Writers Program</a><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>