Web Series and TV Writing ft. Sam Miller (Single by 30/Mom) (PT27)

Alex and Nick welcome Sam Miller, writer on YouTube's Single by 30 and CBS' Mom, to discuss his own process for creating a web series (L.A. Beer), the state of the format, his TV writing work, and being involved in JHRTS and the WGA. How do you make and market your own independent web series? What are the differences between television writing and writing for a YouTube web series? What are the benefits of being involved in JHRTS and the Writers Guild of America? The Paper Team skips the ad and goes straight to the content... SHOWNOTES Content 1 - Beginnings and making/marketing an independent web series (00:37) 2 - The relationship between professional web series and tradition television (18:13) 3 - Writing for TV versus a YouTube Red series (23:39) 4 - Being involved in JHRTS, the WGA, and how Sam sees the evolution of television content (28:32) Recommendations and Outro (38:49) Links Sam Miller on Twitter L.A. Beer Machinima Half-Life "Small Screen, Big Picture" - Chad Gervich LA TV Writers Yahoo Group Desperate Housewives Supah Ninjas Mike Alber Kirby Buckets Chris Wu Ali Chen Jessica Kivnik Greg Machlin Andrew Orillion The Exes "L.A. Beer, First Web Series Filmed With Live Studio Audience to Launch" (Variety) High Maintenance Teachers (TV Land) CW Seed Broad City Single by 30 Machinima, Inc. Maker Studios FullScreen Todd Waldman JHRTS "#TheGreyBox: A TV Writing Chatroom" (TV Calling) "Creating Your Web Series: Empowering Writers to do their Own from Concept to Completion" (Video) WGF Library James L. Brooks Jeff Melvoin "Farewell, Hulu! Hello, Criterion Channel!" (Criterion) Seeso CBS All-Access YouTube Red Membership WGAw (YouTube) PGA (YouTube) MIPCOM (YouTube) If you enjoyed this episode (and others), please consider leaving us an iTunes review at paperteam.co/itunes! :) You can find Paper Team on Twitter: Alex - @TVCalling Nick - @_njwatson If you have any questions, comments or feedback, you can e-mail us: ask@paperteam.co