CUT TO: A WGC Podcast

In this episode, we CUT TO: the making of the CBC Gem series Hello (Again) with guests Nathalie Younglai—executive producer/showrunner/co-creator/writer—and series writers Leonard Chan and Lief Ramsaran. The host, Motion, talks to the panel about everything from tips for new writers, to taking the show from a concept to a series, to building scenes around an emotional core, and the challenges of writing about time travel.

In this episode, we CUT TO: three of our 2021 WGC Screenwriting Awards Best Comedy Series nominees, interviewed by 2020's category winner, Jennica Harper (JANN). Listen in as finalists Kayla Lorette (New Eden), Evan Rosen (New Eden) and Winter Tekenos-Levy (Schitt's Creek) discuss their nominated scripts, the fun (or not) of writing during Covid and the evolution of TV comedy in Canada.

In this episode, we CUT TO: five of our 2021 WGC Screenwriting Awards Best Drama Series nominees, interviewed by 2020's category winner, Noelle Carbone (Coroner). Listen in as finalists Sarah Dodd (Cardinal), Lynne Kamm (Transplant), Floyd Kane (Diggstown), Joseph Kay (Transplant) and Tamara Moulin (Transplant) discuss how they wrote their nominated scripts, what drives their storytelling and what absolutely does not.

In our first episode, we CUT TO: Susin Nielsen, screenwriter extraordinaire whose work includes writing for the OG 'Degrassi High' and creating CBC series 'Robson Arms'. Her most recent creation is 2021 Global TV series 'Family Law', on which she also serves as showrunner. Host JP Larocque and Susin discuss everything from what happened when COVID-19 struck two weeks into the production of Family Law, to the challenges of making overtly Canadian content in Canada, to the true glory of naps.