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		<title>TV Writer Podcast 044 &#8211; John Finch (A Family At War, Sam, Coronation Street)</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 15 Dec 2011 21:09:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This week we are proud to welcome the creator of some of the UK's finest and highest-rated TV series of the 1970s, recipient of the Best Series Writer award by the Writers Guild of Great Britain, writer-author-series creator John Finch!]]></description>
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		<title>TV Writer Podcast 043 &#8211; Pamela Douglas (Writing the TV Drama Series, USC)</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 17:10:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[She wrote the book on TV writing … literally! And she also started what has become the most esteemed graduate school for television writing. This week Gray has a wonderful chat with author, writer, and professor Pamela Douglas.]]></description>
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		<title>Alligator Tales: Hell. I Just Hit a Freaking Wall!</title>
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		<pubDate>Wed, 30 Nov 2011 18:27:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Pen Densham</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Whenever I hit an empty hole in my writing, I try to think of it as just an undiscovered area. Not that it is the end. I do not use myself up in a frontal assault, but change direction, grab a cup of tea, or take a walk and let my brain hop around and give me ideas and solutions in an uncritical, patchwork quilt approach. Ideas from other parts of a story can ricochet around and solve several issues at once.]]></description>
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		<title>Carnage: An Interview With Yasmina Reza</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 29 Nov 2011 16:51:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Morton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This is the story of Le Dieu du Carnage, the international hit play by acclaimed novelist and playwright Yasmina Reza. Based on a real-life incident, translations of Reza’s satirical comedy won an Olivier Award and a Tony® before director Roman Polanski and Reza wrote a new translation, for the screen. Ray Morton talks to the celebrated writer. ]]></description>
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		<title>TV Writer Podcast 042 &#8211; Alan Cross (Weird Science, Dawson&#8217;s Creek)</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 28 Nov 2011 18:44:04 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Gray Jones</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[From Robert McKee's "Screenwriting 101" class at USC, to co-developing a successful spinoff of a John Hughes classic, to writing on some of the most well-known shows of the last two decades, writer-producer-author-director Alan Cross has a lot of great stories to tell!]]></description>
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		<title>Write Your Screenplay: How Do I Write Effective Parallel Stories?</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 21 Nov 2011 21:40:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Telling two equally successful tales within the same time frame is a structural challenge. As Jacob Krueger explains, while examining Blue Valentine and Dead Poets Society, ratcheting up the tension between parallel stories will help raise the stakes for the characters, and raise the interest of the viewer. ]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Reader: Comic(s) Book</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 18 Nov 2011 16:59:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Morton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I was recently given a copy of a very interesting new book called Stan Lee’s How to Write Comics by Stan Lee and Bob Greenberger, a step-by-step guide to crafting scripts for comic books, co-authored by the legendary comics writer, editor, and publisher and co-creator of many of the medium’s most classic characters, including Spider-Man, The Hulk, Thor, and The Fantastic Four. ]]></description>
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		<title>Meet the Reader: The (Real) Rules of Screenwriting</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 04 Nov 2011 19:08:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Ray Morton</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Trying to make sense of all of the dos and don’ts of scriptwriting can be very confusing, especially when so many of them seem to be contradictory. Mastering all of the rules can often seem like an impossible task and can cause many people to become discouraged and even consider giving up. Here's why you shouldn't.]]></description>
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		<title>Write Your Screenplay: How to Avoid a Dud Ending</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 01 Nov 2011 16:58:20 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jacob Krueger</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Even Oscar®-winning screenwriters struggle with crafting an original, satisfying, cliche-free ending. Jacob Krueger, via Andrew Kevin Walker's classic Se7en, explains how to avoid a resolution that's a dud.]]></description>
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