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Write On with 'Girls5eva' Creator Meredith Scardino

Write On with 'Girls5eva' Creator Meredith Scardino

FromWrite On: A Screenwriting Podcast


Write On with 'Girls5eva' Creator Meredith Scardino

FromWrite On: A Screenwriting Podcast

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Length:
29 minutes
Released:
Jun 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

Description

Featuring an all-star cast including Sara Bareilles, Busy Philipps, and Renée Elise Goldsberry, Girls5eva follows a one-hit-wonder 90s girl group as they try to reignite their pop star fame while simultaneously having to navigate their grownup lives. Series creator Meredith Scardino shares how she prepared for pitching the series to NBC: "I tried to watch as many things and listen to as many things as I could about pitching. I ended up watching Shonda Rhimes' masterclass on pitching, and something that she said put me more at ease when she was just like... 'You're a writer. They know you're not an actor... you don't have to be this incredible, incredible pitcher. You can just try really hard to convey what you want people to know about the show." Scardino goes on to share her advice for putting yourself on the page: "You have to just make things and trust that the thing that you connect to, someone else will connect to it. A few of the things that I have worked on in the show that have been the most personal have been some of my favorite things, and I feel like [those are] the things that maybe other people liked a lot too... just trust that if you find something funny or if you find something to be true, someone else will also feel that way." Season 2 of Girls5eva is now available to stream on Peacock. Don’t forget to subscribe to the Write On Podcast on iTunes!   Now available on Google Podcasts!  
Released:
Jun 2, 2022
Format:
Podcast episode

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