June 05, 2023

Episode 119: SAMMIE CROWLEY

1 hour 48 minutes

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Sammie Crowley! Sammie is a writer who has worked on The Ghost and Molly Magee, Loud House, DC Super Hero Girls, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic.

Along the way, we talk about finding a community of TV writers in college, her journey to becoming a writer for cartoons, some lessons she learned from My Little Pony, and so much more!

While we talk, we doodle on a Google jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on Twitter. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m

Produced by Malik Gayle ► https://twitter.com/MalikGayle

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Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie

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0:00 Intro

1:58 Childhood and college

13:41 Brainstorming

16:32 Post-graduation projects

18:58 Kady Fanfiction

20:50 From fanfic to spec spript

25:01 Good twists

27:33 First gig

34:10 Freelance vs staff writer

50:54 Pushing an idea

54:26 Typical day in writer's room

57:18 Different stages of a script

1:08:11 Favorite episode

1:11:53 Making a character appealing

1:21:33 Writing interesting episodes on a long show

1:33:19 Fledging idea to draft

1:37:49 Creative block

1:43:01 Lessons from MLP

1:45:12 Shenanigans

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June 05, 2023

Episode 119: SAMMIE CROWLEY

1 hour 48 minutes

Along the way, we talk about finding a community of TV writers in college, her journey to becoming a writer for cartoons, some lessons she learned from My Little Pony, and so much more!

While we talk, we doodle on a Google jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on Twitter. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals!

Become a Patron! ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock

https://twitter.com/crtvblockhttps://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/

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Thank you to our Patreons and Blockheads for the prompts and questions!

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Follow the host!

VEE! ► https://twitter.com/violainebriat

► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat/

ARI! ► https://twitter.com/acastleton

►https://www.instagram.com/castletoons/

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Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m