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Blown off from that industry contact? Listen to this. Check In: Watch Wheel Man Therapy Is In Session: Build your squad Who is missing? Who do you have? What can you offer? Cultivate your squad Seek new relationships purposefully Maintain existing relationships Give generously Strategize around mentorship Be specific about …
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Didn’t get that gig? Listen to this. Check In: Watch Mining The Gap Therapy Is In Session: Believe you are going to make it No opportunity is your only chance Be honest about why you didn’t get the job Be honest about if it was a good fit for you, …
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Got another rejection letter? Listen to this. Check In: Watch Heaven Knows What Therapy Is In Session: Rejection is the best tool to grow filmmakers and storytellers. It Helps you curate your own (and other) work Gives you time to develop as a person allows you to see what is …
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Need to finish your script now(ish)? Need it to be good? Check In: Watch Capturing The Friedmans Therapy Is In Session: Week 1: Premise. Pitch your premise to people Week 2: Plot. Bare bones outline, workshop main points to ensure they reflect main character’s needs Week 3: Structure. Fill in …
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What’s in between your outline and your script? Check In: Watch Songs My Brother Taught Me! Therapy Is In Session: The goal is to write EVERY scene in your script Revise to ensure your Status Quo has a great Character Introduction Revisit your Lowest Point for the lowest point possible …
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Step-by-step: Writing An Outline For Your Feature Check In: Watch The Fugitive Therapy Is In Session: The outline format comes in four phases: Phase One Inciting Incident Midpoint (Climax) Lowest Point Conclusion Phase Two Status Quo Point Of No Return Phase Three Trigger Lasting Change Post Conclusion Phase Four: Add …
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Are you in a creative (or other) rut? Get. Out. Now. Right Now. Check In: Watch The Sixth Sense Therapy Is In Session: Recognize it’s not going to be sexy. Make a plan. Set meetings. Make another plan. Schedule plan with accountability. News & Updates: Free mini-consultations for screenwriters. Book …
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What should you be doing before you “make it” in the biz? Check In: Watch Good Time! Therapy Is In Session: Change your mindset around timeline. Maintain your relationships. Don’t wait to start doing good. Drain yourself of desperation Believe your genius News & Updates: Free mini-consultations for screenwriters. Book …
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Banish Career Envy Forever! Check In: For comedy TV writers, re-visit Golden Girls for technique on writing throwaway jokes. Therapy Is In Session: Career envy is a guilty pleasure, something that is sometimes easier to access that the true belief that you can make your dreams come true. Very …
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Listen to this BEFORE you start shooting your documentary! Check In: Jennifer Brea has done an AMAZING JOB talking about her film. Check out her TED TALK here. Therapy Is In Session: Do the emotional work to be vulnerable enough to answer questions about your film or process. Spade explains …
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Listen to this BEFORE you start shooting your documentary! Check In: Find I Am Not Your Negro. Watch it. Study it. Therapy Is In Session: Your documentary sample should display character, stakes and perspective in a compelling way. Character: Who Stakes: Who cares? Perspective: Why you? News & Updates: Spade …
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Listen to this as you’re developing your documentary. Check In: Find Position Among The Stars. Watch it. Study it. Therapy Is In Session: Documentary isn’t a genre, it’s a filmmaking technique. Here are some doc genres: historical doc, personal doc, survey doc, verite doc, issue doc. All of them need …
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Banish screenwriting and editing procrastination forever! Here’s what we cover: Check In: Go See Strong Island. It’s on Netflix. No excuses. Don’t skip because it’s a documentary. Therapy Is In Session: Procrastination is mostly birthed out of fear and/or apathy. Here’s how to cure it: Plan. Everything. Meals, communication, time. Everything …
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Expand your view of diversity into a nuanced and very useful tool for story and character development! Here’s what we cover: Check In: Go See Call Me By Your Name. Now. Today. Therapy Is In Session: We don’t bother with diversity b/c we don’t care, feel we can’t identify, too …
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Welcome to Storyteller Therapy! It’s like therapy… for storytellers. This episode is an introduction to Spade, her experience in Film & TV and what this podcast is all about. Here’s the rundown: Spade knows story, so there’s that Story Consulting Services is here for all of your development/story consulting needs. …
