Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Jeff into the room and together they work on his drama about skimming credit cards to skip town, tentatively titled "Skimmer". Join us for a discussion on how to create motivations for your characters that justify bad actions and keep the story moving. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
May 17, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Annette into the room, and together they work on her animated Christian death metal comedy, tentatively titled "Horsehair". Join us in the room for a discussion on creating a story engine that will power you through a season. Annette's work can be found on YouTube. Punk Rock Yoga Bitch vs. The Goat Demon: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ALJcVI0P7-8&ab_channel=Animated Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: J...
May 10, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite J into the room, and together the work on his multi-verse hopping drama, tentatively titled, "Singulars". Join us in the room for a discussion on how to wade through the world-building duties of genre scripts and come out the other side with strong characters that will carry you through a season and beyond. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
May 03, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Lauren in to the room, and together they work on her half hour comedy about the ties that bind us as family, tentatively titled "Inconceivable". Join us in the room for a discussion on where to end a pilot, what you need for a series bible, and how to use a character matrix to generate story. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Apr 26, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Adam in to the room, and together they work on his hour-long drama set in the world of high-society run non-profits, tentatively titled, "Not For Profit". Join us in the room for a discussion on how to create a compelling inciting incident, and what makes us care about the characters we watch. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Apr 19, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Send us a text Sam an Jim invite Mary in to the room, and together they work on her biting satire set in the inevitable future when Amazon has colonized Mars, tentatively titled "The King of Mars". Hang out in the room with us this week for a discussion on how to drill down on a character to deliver an emotionally driven plot quicker than Prime. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddh...
Apr 12, 2021•51 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Send us a text Sam an Jim invite Zach in to the room, and together they work on his gumshoe marital drama, tentatively titled "Under Investigation". Hang out in the room with us this week for a discussion on how the specificity of a character leads to emotionally driven plot points. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Apr 05, 2021•50 min•Season 1Ep. 10
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Sean-Joseph in to the room, and together the work on his drama pilot about the costs of war and the challenges of peace, tentatively titled "Ceasefire". Tune in this week for a discussion on how to take characters with deep emotional issues and pair them with a sustainable story engine. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Mar 29, 2021•58 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite their good friend Ben Watkins, creator of Hand of God, in to the room for this very special episode, brought to you live from South By Southwest thanks to Blue Jeans by Verizon. Ben talks about how he got his start, shares some advice, and then Sam, Jim, and Ben break an original idea. The episode ends with a Q&A, with questions supplied live by those attending our SXSW session. Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Log...
Mar 22, 2021•1 hr 18 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Mary Birdsong in to the room, and together they work on her dramedy (based on her own family), tentatively titled "Hot Mess". Mary opens up about her relationship with her mother and sisters as she crafts a story that is as hilarious as it is touching. Don't miss it! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Mar 15, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Send us a text Sam and Jim welcome their friend Tamara Becher-Wilkinson, executive producer of HBOMax's Doom Patrol, in to the room. Together, they talk about the highs and lows of their writing careers and then Tamara helps break an original idea, giving insight in to her writing process. There's a lot to learn this week! You don't want to miss it! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @b...
Mar 08, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Max Rissman in to the room, and together they work on his feature "Voiceless", a story of twin teenage girls navigating high school while sharing only one voice. Tune in this week for a story that straddles that superfine line between genius and insanity! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Mar 01, 2021•55 min•Season 1Ep. 5
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Stacy Lumbrezer in to the room, and together they work on her dramedy "Family Law and Disorder", which centers on a small-town juvenile probation officer looking for redemption. Tune in this week for some big time crazy in a small town setting! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Feb 22, 2021•56 min•Season 1Ep. 4
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Faraz Abidi in to the room, and together they work on his "Untitled Indian Independence Script", a story that sets themes of identity and ancestry against India's fight for independence. Whether you have questions about how to write a character driven story in an epic setting, or you'd like to learn more Indian history, you won't want to miss this! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @j...
Feb 15, 2021•53 min•Season 1Ep. 3
Send us a text Sam and Jim invite Kat Boyd in to the room, and together they work on her Detroit-based, police task-force pilot, tentatively titled "The D". Take a break from re-binging The Wire and listen to Kat break a Motor City story where family, crime, power, and politics crash in to each other at break-neck speed! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Feb 08, 2021•1 hr 2 min•Season 1Ep. 2
Send us a text Jim and Sam invite Erin Kron, an LA based writer and singer, in to the room and together they work on her time traveling folk music pilot, tentatively titled "Visions of Johana". It's a freewheelin' discussion you won't want to miss! Don't think twice, check it out! Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays...
Feb 01, 2021•54 min•Season 1Ep. 1
Send us a text Television veterans Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn welcome you to their writers room. On this podcast, they will be inviting aspiring writers in to the room to help them develop their stories. Thanks for joining us! Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal Logo art: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays
Jan 25, 2021•13 min0
