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TV Outlines: At Home and in the Writers’ Room (PT207)
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Length:
35 minutes
Released:
Feb 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Description
Alex and Nick take a look at the outlining process in television writing. Whether you’re working on your own TV sample scripts, or asked to deliver outlines in a writers' room, we dig into everything you should watch out for.
Why is outlining a critical step in television? How do we approach outlines? Have there been times we've decided not to outline? How early in the process do we outline? How do outlines differ between your own work and what is expected in a writers' room? Why has there been a push against outlines by some showrunners?
Content
1 - Outlines in your own work: TV samples, specs, pilots (00:28)
2 - Outlines in a professional environment: TV writers' rooms and pushback (19:21)
Links
From Outline to (First) Draft (PT28)
Twitter thread on TV outlines
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Alex - @TVCalling
Nick - @_njwatson
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Why is outlining a critical step in television? How do we approach outlines? Have there been times we've decided not to outline? How early in the process do we outline? How do outlines differ between your own work and what is expected in a writers' room? Why has there been a push against outlines by some showrunners?
Content
1 - Outlines in your own work: TV samples, specs, pilots (00:28)
2 - Outlines in a professional environment: TV writers' rooms and pushback (19:21)
Links
From Outline to (First) Draft (PT28)
Twitter thread on TV outlines
If you enjoy Paper Team, please consider supporting us on Patreon at paperteam.co/patreon! :)
You can find Paper Team on Twitter:
Alex - @TVCalling
Nick - @_njwatson
For any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co
Released:
Feb 8, 2021
Format:
Podcast episode
Titles in the series (100)
Bringing the TV Writers’ Room Process Home (PT06): Alex and Nick dig into why it's important to maintain a consistent TV writing routine, and how you can mimic the same process from TV writers' rooms into your home, by breaking each step: inception, pitching, outlining, drafting and rewriting. by Paper Team