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Together they wrote I’M JUST FUCKING WITH YOU, produced by Blumhouse & Hulu, and BLEED. In this brand new episode, Smish welcomes back Scott Barkan (aka a Philadelphia based screenwriter who has written two produced screenplays with writing partner, Greg Zehentner.
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To become a VIP on Patreon and get ad-free episodes 2 weeks before everyone else plus exclusive bonus audio content:ĭid you enjoy the podcast? Let us know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts! Most importantly, Ezra shares his go to order at Canter’s Deli! We learn the meaning behind his process to outlining a feature, and his career goal before he dies. VIP members get a bonus segment with Ezra. You can find Ezra on the Discord server: Exclusive Extras Interact with over 6000 screenwriters around the world, including Ezra!
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Head to and enter discount code TSN10 for 10% off today! ScriptUp provides in depth coverage to help screenwriters improve their work! (1:08:49) How has the writer’s room & production been affected by the pandemic? (52:21) Becoming a staff writer on MANIFEST (31:55) Job of a Writer’s Assistant on LETHAL WEAPON
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(18:47) How to break into TV and the roles on a show (6:45) THE SOPRANOS sparked a love for TV & film that he couldn’t ignore (1:04) How Ezra began his journey in screenwriting Smish & Ezra discuss the trajectory of his career, becoming a staff writer, and the effects the pandemic has had on a writer’s room.Įzra breaks down the positions on a show, and best of all, shares his invaluable advice for successful networking! Ezra discusses how his time at USC Film School led to his first job as a writer’s PA and ultimately placing in contests & fellowships. They talk about Ezra’s journey to becoming a writer, from his parent’s aspirations for him to be a lawyer, to not being allowed to watch movies or TV as a child. Nachman (aka staff writer on NBC’s MANIFEST. And considering Jonathan is the only client Scott's ever signed off of a query letter, aspiring screenwriters will surely want to listen to find out what that query letter contained.In this episode, Smish interviews Ezra W. The episode is absolutely packed with useful and inspiring information. Jonathan also speaks extensively about his process for developing, outlining, and writing his scripts, as well as how and why he signed with his manager, Scott Carr - who joins them on stage to talk about the query letter that won him over. This guy, with nothing but words on a page, made me laugh out loud.’ I’d go back to that scene and try and analyze and understand why I’d reacted that way to it because it was so good and I just wanted to get to the root of why." If I’m reading scripts and I laugh out loud… I remember reading ' Crazy Stupid Love' by Dan Fogelman, a brilliant script and I thoroughly enjoyed reading it, and I found myself laughing out loud and then I’d stop and say, ‘Hold on.
"One of the things that I used to do is, I would take a script – that’s usually about 120 pages – I would read the first 60 pages in the morning, then I would go and teach my day at university, and over the course of the day I would think, ‘Alright, I’ve got 60 pages, I know who the characters are, I know what’s going on, how would I end the movie? How would I write the latter 60 pages?' My education mainly consisted of reading other people’s work, trying to understand why they were working or why they weren’t working, and then just getting a sense of the kind of material that I would like to write myself. I read ' Story' by Robert McKee and went through that with my highlighter. "Which allowed me to get as many scripts as I could, break them down, analyze them. He goes on to describe some of the smart strategies he used to teach himself screenwriting:
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In order to just keep a roof over my head while I taught myself the absolute basics, I thought, ‘Alright, I’m going to go teach English at a university in China.’ I was earning about 300 bucks a month, but it was worth it for the experience and the sheer amount of free time I had." "I just kind of left with this idea that I wanted to pursue screenwriting. In the interview, Jonathan talks about how he abandoned his law career for his screenwriting dream:
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