Behind-the-Scenes of the Business and Craft of professional Screenwriting.
Episodes
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Tuesday May 16, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss how Screen and TV writers get paid, and why the pay system can make it difficult to grow your Screenwriting career.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday May 08, 2023
Monday May 08, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss how the WGA Strike has affected them and their projects, and suggest resources for WGA and pre-WGA writers to learn more about the Strike, why it's happening, and how it can affect them.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday May 01, 2023
Monday May 01, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss the MARIO movie, 3 different kinds of note-taking writer personalities, the hopeful future of movie theaters, and Josh's first visit to a David H. Steinberg Writer Meet-Up.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Monday Apr 24, 2023
Back by popular demand... In part two of a series, hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss Hollywood phrases that producers, studio execs, and reps say to writers. They discuss what they mean, where they're coming from, and how to address them as a writer.
Questions / Comments: ActTwoWriters@gmail.com
Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Monday Apr 17, 2023
Hollywood has its own language that writers must learn to speak in order to succeed. In this Part One of a series, hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss some of the most-used phrases that producers, studio execs and reps say to writers. They discuss what they mean, where they're coming from, and how to address them as a writer.
Questions / Comments: ActTwoWriters@gmail.com
Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Monday Apr 10, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman have been in the same Writer's Group together since 2009. They discuss how their group started, how they function from week to week, and the Do's and Don'ts that have kept their group running smoothly.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Monday Apr 03, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss how they go about writing heists. Having written a few heists between them, both for film and TV, Tasha and Josh break down the first steps they take to organize and plot their heist before going to script.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Monday Mar 27, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss Emotional Intelligence (EQ) and how you can apply it to your Screenwriting career.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Monday Mar 20, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman break down what it means to "hustle" as a Screenwriter.
TWIW: What writers can learn from actors on pitching, How pitching a movie requires multiple skills as a writer so get good at all of them, and the writer term "Is it a bug or a feature?"
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414Beg
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Sunday Mar 12, 2023
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman talk about what we can learn about how actors look at writing, discuss whether specs are necessary for a successful Screenwriting career, how to sell a script in animation and more This Weeks in Writing!
Questions/Comments: ActTwoWriters@gmail.com
Edited by the great Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg