Summary: Alex and Nick discuss the importance of branding yourself as a TV writer and ways to define why you write what you write.<br> <br> Why should you "brand yourself"? How are you able to drive the conversation about you? How to understand what you can bring to a writers' room? Why is it important to know your strengths and weaknesses in TV? How do you translate your personal story into your writing? What are ways of showcasing yourself online?<br> <br> Plus, an announcement about an announcement.<br> <br> The Paper Team makes its mark...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps: Announcement of an announcement (00:31)<br> 1 - Understanding who you are as a person (02:54)<br> 2 - Understand who you are as a TV writer (11:24)<br> 3 - Putting it all into application (21:49)<br> Takeaways and Resources (28:23)<br> <br> Links<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/putting-yourself-out-there-pt75/">"Putting Yourself Out There" (PT75)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dunning%E2%80%93Kruger_effect">Dunning–Kruger effect</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%24h*!_My_Dad_Says">$h*! My Dad Says</a><br> <a href="https://www.utne.com/arts/kickin-it-six-feet-under-alan-ball-interview">"Six Feet Under’s Alan Ball on grief and dying" - UTNE</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Goldbergs_(2013_TV_series)">The Goldbergs</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HkTlPA">"Building a StoryBrand" - Donald Miller</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>
