Summary: NEW: <a href="https://www.patreon.com/posts/24056988" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Get the episode cheat sheet on our Patreon</a>!<br> <br> Update: <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/weaving-storylines-abc-stories-pt53-transcript/">PT53 transcript now available</a><br> <br> Alex and Nick discuss the importance of weaving A, B and C stories in TV writing, and interesting ways of doing it in TV scripts.<br> <br> Why is it important to cut between storylines in TV? When should you start and end each storyline? Which storylines should you spend more time on in your TV script? When should you only do a single A story? What are some noteworthy and unique formats for A/B/C plotlines?<br> <br> Plus, we talk about where to read TV scripts.<br> <br> The Paper Team become master-weavers...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> Paper Scraps (FKA Odds-and-ends): Finding TV scripts (00:55)<br> 1 - Why does TV have A/B/C stories? (03:51)<br> 2 - Nuts and bolts of using A/B/C stories (10:27)<br> 3 - Interesting and non-traditional uses of weaving A/B/C stories in TV (18:22)<br> Takeaways and Resources (32:22)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://www.wgfoundation.org/screenwriting-library/">Writers Guild Foundation Library</a><br> <a href="http://scripts.tv-calling.com/">TV Calling Script Library</a><br> <a href="http://www.zen134237.zen.co.uk/">Zen134237</a><br> <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/tvwriting/">Lee Thomson Script Library</a><br> <a href="http://www.simplyscripts.com/tv.html">Simply Scripts</a><br> <a href="http://www.dailyscript.com/tv.html">Daily Script</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20210120232303/https://www.imsdb.com/">IMSDb</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/what-are-a-b-and-c-stories-in-screenwriting-tv-writing-101/">"What are A, B, and C stories in screenwriting?" - TV Calling</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pFrMLRQIT_k">Team America Montage (Video)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Marge_vs._the_Monorail">"Marge vs. the Monorail" (4x12 - The Simpsons)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ozymandias_(Breaking_Bad)">"Ozymandias" (5x14 - Breaking Bad)</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0702012/">"That's My Dog" (4x05 - Six Feet Under)</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0502665/">"Eleven Angry Men and One Dick" (3x07 - 3rd Rock from the Sun)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boomtown_(2002_TV_series)">Boomtown</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graham_Yost">Graham Yost</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/24_(TV_series)">24 (TV Series)</a><br> <a href="https://web.archive.org/web/20170713225158/http://www.vulture.com/2013/12/24-kim-bauer-cougar-trap-episode-oral-history.html">"Kim vs. the Cougar: The Oral History of 24’s Most Infamous Scene" - Vulture</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0696544/">"My Bad" (1x06 - Scrubs)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Awake_(TV_series)">Awake (TV Series)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_Killen">Kyle Killen</a><br> <a href="https://www.tv-calling.com/how-lost-revolutionized-storytelling/">"How Lost revolutionized storytelling" - TV Calling</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Walkabout_(Lost)">"Walkabout" (1x04 - Lost)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Constant">"The Constant" (4x05 - Lost)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Watchmen">Watchmen</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Slaughterhouse-Five">Slaughterhouse-Five</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/This_Is_Us_(TV_series)">This Is Us</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oz_(TV_series)">Oz (TV Series)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carniv%C3%A0le">Carnivàle</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia."></a>
