Summary: Alex and Nick discuss the importance of themes and values in television writing, and how you can use them to your advantage in your own TV scripts.<br> <br> Why are themes and values important in television writing? What are some examples of both? How do you work them in scripts? How do you avoid preachiness in the writing?<br> <br> The Paper Team shares their motifs...<br> <br> SHOWNOTES<br> <br> Content<br> 1 - What are themes and values? (01:20)<br> 2 - How to write themes and values in TV (14:12)<br> 3 - Avoiding preachiness in your writing (23:10)<br> Takeaways and Resources (27:28)<br> <br> Links<br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Survivor:_Blood_vs._Water">Survivor: Blood vs. Water</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Star_Trek:_Deep_Space_Nine">Star Trek: Deep Space Nine</a><br> <a href="http://memory-alpha.wikia.com/wiki/Far_Beyond_the_Stars_(episode)">"Far Beyond the Stars" (6x13 - Star Trek: Deep Space Nine)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sons_of_Anarchy">Sons of Anarchy</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Everybody_Loves_Raymond">Everybody Loves Raymond</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Desperate_Housewives">Desperate Housewives</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earshot_(Buffy_the_Vampire_Slayer)">"Earshot" (3x18 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Danny_Strong">Danny Strong</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Buffy_studies">Buffy Studies</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beer_Bad">"Beer Bad" (4x05 - Buffy the Vampire Slayer)</a><br> <a href="http://farscape.wikia.com/wiki/Scorpius">Scorpius (Farscape)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits_(1963_TV_series)">The Outer Limits (1963 TV series)</a><br> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Outer_Limits_(1995_TV_series)">The Outer Limits (1995 TV series)</a><br> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iRS8a8HjqFs">"Chaos is a ladder" speech from Game of Thrones (Video)</a><br> <a href="http://www.imdb.com/title/tt4294938/">"BoJack Horseman Christmas Special: Sabrina's Christmas Wish"</a><br> <br> Resources<br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2qTzCez">"Philosophy of..." Books</a><br> <a href="https://amzn.to/2HjD8tL">"The Philosophy of The Simpsons" - William Irwin, Mark T. Conard, Aeon J. Skoble</a><br> <a href="http://www.davidabanks.org/current_projects/social-themes-in-star-trek/">Star Trek episodes with social themes</a><br> <br> Special thanks to <a href="https://twitter.com/jasonjcohn">Jason J. Cohn</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>
