The Writers Room with Sam and Jim
A podcast by Sam Ernst, Jim Dunn, JR Zamora-Thal
50 Episodes
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Doing Future You a Favor By Turning Up the Intensity with Campy Draper
Published: 16/08/2021 -
Scene Study with Annette DeLorean and Kat Boyd
Published: 09/08/2021 -
Using Cookies and Murder to Discuss Identity with Yasmin Asif
Published: 02/08/2021 -
Cool Dads Use Cheap Deep to Efficiently Add Heart with Phillip Cordell
Published: 26/07/2021 -
Backstory Can Drag You to The Underworld with Ellie Lorscheid
Published: 19/07/2021 -
Perfection is the Enemy of Good Characters with Travis Nguyen
Published: 12/07/2021 -
It Helps to Be a Witch To Craft Mind-Blowing Act Breaks with Laurel Ellis
Published: 05/07/2021 -
Planting Personal Conflicts to Harvest Complicated Themes with Clarence Moore
Published: 28/06/2021 -
Using a Love Story to Cut Through Cocaine and Cartels with Stephanie Palacino, Scott Porterfield, and Rusty Watkins
Published: 21/06/2021 -
Huckster Grandpa and Other Story Engines for Liars with Stephen Saltarelli
Published: 14/06/2021 -
From Buffy to Brujas -- Making Genre Specific with Jovanna Huguet-Burke
Published: 07/06/2021 -
Pitching Falcon and The Winter Soldier with a Migraine and Other War Stories with Marvel Showrunner Malcolm Spellman
Published: 31/05/2021 -
There is No Series, So Stuff the Pilot with Macenzie Rebelo
Published: 24/05/2021 -
Every Crime Needs a Motive with Jeff Thurber
Published: 17/05/2021 -
Story Engine for a Death Metal Centaur with Annette DeLorean
Published: 10/05/2021 -
A Little Less Sci, A Little More Fi with J Hunter Richardson
Published: 03/05/2021 -
Series Bibles and The Coincidence of Sperm with Lauren White
Published: 26/04/2021 -
Starting Hot and Letting Go of Early Drafts with Adam Warwinsky
Published: 19/04/2021 -
Why You Should Absolutely Write a Script That Won't Get Made with Mary Nguyen
Published: 12/04/2021 -
Finding the Holy S**t Moments with Zach Freshley
Published: 05/04/2021
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.