Show Notes
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, Fiona Dourif, Taylor Dearden, Shabana Azeez, and Ayesha Harris of The Pitt, and some surprise guests, for a celebration of 60 years of Star Trek. Hosted by the Writers Guild Foundation, which also celebrates its 60th anniversary, this special night will include remarks from people closely associated with the series, a performance of the first aired episode of Star Trek, “The Man Trap,” with live score, and an appearance by a Salt Vampire replica from the episode, on loan from the Star Trek Archive, Paramount. This evening's show is in support of the Writers Guild Foundation’s Library and Archive, Writers’ Access Programs, and Veterans Writing Project. In-person tickets are sold out but you can catch the stream and watch on demand for two weeks!
SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 13, 4pm PT at the Elysian Theater in LA and streaming live/on demand everywhere: Dead Pilots Society In Dead Pilots Society, scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. The September 13 show features Life of the Party by Alex Herschlag (Broke; Will & Grace) and Demi-God by Katie Greenway (Welcome to Flatch; Tooned Out). Starring: Al Madrigal (Lopez vs Lopez), Aaron Abrams (Clown in a Cornfield), Lucas Hazlett (Loot; American Princess), Bob Glouberman (The Shrink Next Door), Izzy Diaz (The Residence), and more to be announced!
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More from The Writers Panel
Joe Port & Joe Wiseman (creators, Eternally Yours; Ghosts) discuss the death and rebirth of their new show (thanks to Dead Pilots Society!), the "easy" eleven year path to getting it on the air, their comedy influences, and more.
Russell T. Davies (Tip Toe; Doctor Who; Queer As Folk) discusses building a story out of anger, his relationship with actors, his response to stupid notes, discovering writing, his unique process, empty staircases, and more.
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 the Page wherever you get your podcasts, and visit onthepage.tv to find out about Pilar's classes and script consulting. She knows her stuff!
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.
Ana Nogueira (Supergirl) discusses pitching open writing assignments, setting a reasonable goal, the Westerns that inspired Supergirl, the core of Kara Zor-El, her favorite brainwash, and lots more.