HeyJaredThe Writers Panel
The definitive insider's guide to our current golden age of television, Ben Blacker's The Writers Panel is an ever expanding anthology of live convention panels and intimate in-studio interviews with the writers, producers, and show runners responsible for all the shows you…
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Anthony King (Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat) (opens the original)
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Anthony King ( Jury Duty Presents: Company Retreat ; Rooster ; The Afterparty ) discusses worldbuilding in the real world, what's too funny for reality, lessons learned from Jury Duty that are applicable to traditional script writing, how the game was nearly blown up, and more. SUNDAY AUGUST 30, 8pm PT at the Lodge Room in LA and streaming live/on demand everywhere: WGF RetroReads presents: Star Trek 60th Starring Noah Wyle as Captain James T. Kirk Join Noah Wyle , along with Katherine LaNasa, F
Pilar Alessandra (On the Page) (opens the original)
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Teacher and script consultant Pilar Alessandra is ending her inspiring and instructive podcast, On the Page , after 19 years and 1000 episodes. Ben Blacker administers Pilar's exit interview, discussing why she started the podcast, invaluable advice gleaned from the writers she's interviewed, the "drunk and naked" early episodes, how to write great dialogue, tips on pitching from her children, podcast as inadvertant autobiography, workflow, her favorite episodes, and more. You can listen to On t
Cassie Pappas (Lucky) (opens the original)
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Cassie Pappas (showrunner, Lucky ; Silo ; Griselda ) discusses shooting in Vegas, movies that inspired the tone of Lucky , the emotional guts of the show, getting weird with the writers, showrunning as a "creative team sport," whether or not you need to live in LA to work in TV, and more. No Notes is Sunday July 19, 7pm , at the Dynasty Typewriter Theater in LA! This is a new staged show in which great pilot scripts are adapted for the stage and performed by brilliant casts. The July 19 show fea
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