HeyJaredChildren of Tendu
Javier Grillo-Marxuach (Emmy Award-winning writer/producer on "Lost" and creator of "The Middleman") and Jose Molina (writer/producer on "Sleepy Hollow," "Firefly," "Castle" and "Law & Order: SVU") share their hard-earned experiences, giving practical, straight-shooting…
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Pitching in the New Normal - THINGS HAVE CHANGED! (opens the original)
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The last time Jose and Javi talked about pitching it was 2019, and pitches were massive in-person affairs in which writers had to pitch six seasons and a movie... what has changed? EVERYTHING! In this scintillating hour full of the usual career-killing candor, the Children of Tendu explain how their pitching style has changed to match these wild and unpredictable new times, and - more importantly - what essentials have remained unchanged and why. It's the first third time that Jose and Javi have
ON WRITING. For the first time. Actually the second. Scratch that, the third. (opens the original)
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Do Jose and Javi do anything other than grouse about the sorry state of the business? Yes! Occasionally they write... they even get PAID to write! But what's that even like? Not the gettng paid so much as the actual sitting at the keyboard and banging it out. Well, for the first time since the last time, here are Jose and Javi discussing ther approach to the craft of writing, how it has changed since the last time they talked about it (SPOILERS: it has changed. A lot.) So dim the lights and chil
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