Tip of the Tongue | Writing for Television! (w/ Alan Denton) (Patreon)

Published:

2018-11-30 17:58:04

Imported:

2021-02

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It's the penultimate episode of our advice podcast, Tip of the Tongue! Today Will and I are joined by Alan Denton, story editor of Sonic Boom and writer on Nick Jr.'s Sunny Day! Have you ever wondered how to break into TV? How to build your portfolio? How to get your writing seen and to get honest feedback on it? Well this is the episode for you!

If you'd like to download the podcast and watch Tip of the Tongue on the go, now you can, thanks to our friends at Fan Off Media! Download it here! https://fanoffmedia.com/shows/tipofthetongue/

Next month is our final episode. Will and I will be talking about Ending A Series. How to bring a project to its conclusion (planned or otherwise) and salvage what you can from it! This is an important step in early amateur work, and I'm actually pretty excited to talk about it!

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Tip of the Tongue - WRITING | Writing for Television (w/ Alan Denton)

Download Tip of the Tongue as a podcast here! https://fanoffmedia.com/shows/tipofthetongue/ Thanks to our friends at Fan Off Media for hosting us! --- Need tips on breaking into that whiz-bang magical world of writing for television? Special guest Alan Denton (Sonic Boom, Sunny Day) gives tips on how to break into the industry, improve your writing portfolio, and more! Follow Alan here: https://twitter.com/AlanTheWriter --- Music by pLasterbrain --- TIMESTAMPS 0:00 --- It’s a real podcast and new twitter! 0:52 --- It begins! 1:42 --- How did you get to where you are now? 9:03 --- What can you do to prepare your portfolio? 13:53 --- Where can I get real feedback on my work? 20:02 --- Do You Need to Move to LA? 22:57 --- How long are TV scripts on average? 24:04 --- Storyboard-driven vs. Script-driven productions 26:37 --- The process a script goes through to get on TV 28:59 --- How do you write for a target audience? 34:12 --- How to handle writing an adaptation of an existing work? 39:57 --- Pacing multi-episode story-lines and overarching plots 42:00 --- Improv in the booth? 47:30 --- Shilling and wrap up!