208 | Writing Animated Children's TV: A Crash...

TSL Workshops are one of the two tent poles of The Screenwriting life. Folks a part of the TSL Workshops community participate in two live zooms with Meg and Lorien per month. One, a Q & A about anything and everything writing and the business and the other, a select few get pick ...  Show more

With the industry in a contraction, writers are trying to figure out how to find steady work. ENTER - VERTICALS! Lorien is joined by writer and creator Shelby Farrell who has developed numerous features and verticals. She offers a premium program, Flipping The Screen, teaching wr ...  Show more

Have you ever thought about drawing inspiration for your characters, from your own family? How do you accomplish that in a way that protects them while also being true to the story? In this episode, No Film School’s GG Hawkins and director of Wildflower, Matt Smukler, discuss: ...  Show more

If you want to network, grow, and succeed as a filmmaker, you have to learn to get comfortable talking about your work. Luckily there are programs, like the Moonshot Initiative, which help emerging filmmakers successfully pitch their projects without feeling confused or afraid. ...  Show more

How do you know if you have enough narrative fuel to write a script? In this episode, Chas, Stu and Mel attempt to answer a listener question: "In your own pre-writing process, how do you know you have enough for a feature? And do you have a specific pre-writing method you're goi ...  Show more

Meep meep! What's a cartoon?

New Yorker cartoonist Tom Toro (Home Free,<a href='https://bookshop.org/p/books/back-to-school-backpack-simon-rich/19037716?ean=9780316628341&gclid=CjwKCAjw6eWnBhAKEiwADpnw9t18KEAHkEKWFNOVr ...