The Writers Room with Sam and Jim
By Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn, JR Zamora-Thal
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Episodes: 47
Feb 2, 2021
Description
TV Writers Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn invite aspiring screenwriters into their writers’ room and give them writing tips to develop their screenplays and TV pilots. Discussions include script notes, screenwriting tools, Hollywood career advice, and tips on navigating the entertainment industry. Sam and Jim’s credits include HAVEN on SYFY, Marvel’s DAREDEVIL, and CARNIVAL ROW on Amazon Prime. Producer J.R. Zamora-Thal and Co-Producer Meagan Daine also talk about their experiences on TV writing staffs and add commentary on today’s issues facing Hollywood, including women and Latinos in entertainment.
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Pitching Plot Proves Painful, but Emotion Elicits Excitement with Mark LePatner
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Jan 31, 2022 |
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Generational Conflict is a Chronic Condition with Tim Wardell
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Jan 17, 2022 |
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One Season Down, Highlights to Show with J.R. and Meagan
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Jan 07, 2022 |
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Good Scouts Know When to End a Pilot with Kevin Ramlal
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Dec 20, 2021 |
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Bringing Up Past Sins: Scene Study with Macenzie Rebelo
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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Werewolves Turn, and Your Scenes Should Too with Shawn Waugh
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Nov 22, 2021 |
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Breaking Through Writer's Block with Casey Partridge
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Nov 08, 2021 |
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The Contradiction of the Man and His Crown with Teng Ky-Gan
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Oct 25, 2021 |
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Ask Fewer Questions and Say More with Claire Jennings
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Oct 18, 2021 |
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Laughter is a Moment Free from Hurt with Marc Brockwell
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Oct 11, 2021 |
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Let Your Darlings Take a Bullet in the Back and Other Room Skills with Tania Lotia
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Oct 04, 2021 |
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Get Your Internal Drive off the Bench with Nate Patton
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Sep 27, 2021 |
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There's No Debate, Pitching is Hard with Sarah Heveron-Smith and Paula Skaggs
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Sep 20, 2021 |
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Scene Study with Zach Freshley and J Hunter Richardson
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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Find Your Core Idea and Toss the Rest with Doris McGill
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Sep 06, 2021 |
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Dust off Your Protagonist and Make Their Character Shine with Jerry Landry
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Aug 30, 2021 |
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Focus on the Central Relationship and Let the Sparks Fly with Claire Nauman
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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Doing Future You a Favor By Turning Up the Intensity with Campy Draper
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Aug 16, 2021 |
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Scene Study with Annette DeLorean and Kat Boyd
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Aug 09, 2021 |
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Using Cookies and Murder to Discuss Identity with Yasmin Asif
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Aug 02, 2021 |
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Cool Dads Use Cheap Deep to Efficiently Add Heart with Phillip Cordell
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Jul 26, 2021 |
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Backstory Can Drag You to The Underworld with Ellie Lorscheid
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Jul 19, 2021 |
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Perfection is the Enemy of Good Characters with Travis Nguyen
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Jul 12, 2021 |
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It Helps to Be a Witch To Craft Mind-Blowing Act Breaks with Laurel Ellis
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Jul 05, 2021 |
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Planting Personal Conflicts to Harvest Complicated Themes with Clarence Moore
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Jun 28, 2021 |
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Using a Love Story to Cut Through Cocaine and Cartels with Stephanie Palacino, Scott Porterfield, and Rusty Watkins
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Jun 21, 2021 |
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Huckster Grandpa and Other Story Engines for Liars with Stephen Saltarelli
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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From Buffy to Brujas -- Making Genre Specific with Jovanna Huguet-Burke
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Jun 07, 2021 |
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Pitching Falcon and The Winter Soldier with a Migraine and Other War Stories with Marvel Showrunner Malcolm Spellman
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May 31, 2021 |
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There is No Series, So Stuff the Pilot with Macenzie Rebelo
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May 24, 2021 |
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Every Crime Needs a Motive with Jeff Thurber
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May 17, 2021 |
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Story Engine for a Death Metal Centaur with Annette DeLorean
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May 10, 2021 |
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A Little Less Sci, A Little More Fi with J Hunter Richardson
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May 03, 2021 |
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Series Bibles and The Coincidence of Sperm with Lauren White
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Apr 26, 2021 |
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Starting Hot and Letting Go of Early Drafts with Adam Warwinsky
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Apr 19, 2021 |
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Why You Should Absolutely Write a Script That Won't Get Made with Mary Nguyen
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Apr 12, 2021 |
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Finding the Holy S**t Moments with Zach Freshley
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Apr 05, 2021 |
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When to Say F**k the Rules with Sean-Joseph McCann
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Mar 29, 2021 |
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Live at SXSW: What Showrunners Want and Other Mysteries with Creator/Showrunner Ben Watkins
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Mar 22, 2021 |
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You Gotta Lie to Tell the Truth with Mary Birdsong
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Mar 15, 2021 |
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Career Math for Writers and other Painful Topics with EP Tamara Becher-Wilkinson
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Mar 08, 2021 |
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Magic Doesn’t Work Until You Lay Down the Laws with Max Rissman
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Mar 01, 2021 |
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Don’t be Fooled -- Nothing Happens by Mistake with Stacy Lumbrezer
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Feb 22, 2021 |
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An Epic Story Starts with a Simple Idea with Faraz Abidi
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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Make Your Protagonist Their Own Worst Enemy with Kat Boyd
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Feb 08, 2021 |
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Be Kind to Your Ideas (a.k.a. Let ‘em Suck for a Minute) with Erin Kron
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Feb 01, 2021 |
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Episode 0 - Welcome to The Writers Room
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Jan 25, 2021 |