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This is our last episode of Hollywood Confessional that will be coming to you from the Writers Room with Sam and Jim feed. If you like the show, subscribe on your favorite podcast app! 

Hollywood Confessional on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hollywood-confessional/id1628848064

This week we have just one confession, but it's a wild one! It comes to us from someone who has been around the block and has had time to process everything they've been through. Littered throughout this hilarious story are red flags all of us have seen and blown right past in the name of working in this industry. 

Our shoutout comes to us from Amy Baklini, who gives a shout out to indie film producer Matt Miller.

This episode is brought to you by THE RESTORER, a supernatural YA podcast in the Ninth Way Media family, available anywhere you get your podcasts!

The Restorer on Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-restorer/id1621618762

Hollywood Confessional is a Ninth Way Media production, produced by Meagan Daine and J.R. Zamora-Thal. 

IG/Twitter: @fessuphollywood

Sound Effects and Music provided by Zapsplat and Pixabay.

Keywords: Hollywood, Writing, Acting, Directing, Narrative, Interview, Screenwriting, Writer Life

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Hello Writers Room fans! We have another episode of a new show we think you'll like. 

From the producers of the Writers Room comes Hollywood Confessional, a show where industry professionals confess their deepest, darkest, weirdest, most insane stories that they can't tell anywhere else. The confessors and their stories are 100% anonymous, but if you've been around the block, you might recognize a story or two. 

If you like what you hear, subscribe on the podcast app you're currently listening to by searching "Hollywood Confessional". Below are links for Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hollywood-confessional/id1628848064

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YXC8jMrcHKgzHsCcwtIVD?si=bbafd4ddc6aa465f

Hollywood Confessional is a Ninth Way Media production, produced by Meagan Daine and J.R. Zamora-Thal. 

IG/Twitter: @fessuphollywood

Sound Effects and Music provided by Zapsplat and Pixabay.

Send us a text

Hello Writers Room fans! We have a new show we think you'll like. 

From the producers of the Writers Room comes Hollywood Confessional, a show where industry professionals confess their deepest, darkest, weirdest, most insane stories that they can't tell anywhere else. The confessors and their stories are 100% anonymous, but if you've been around the block, you might recognize a story or two. 

If you like what you hear, subscribe on the podcast app you're currently listening to by searching "Hollywood Confessional". Below are links for Apple Podcasts and Spotify.

Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/hollywood-confessional/id1628848064

Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/2YXC8jMrcHKgzHsCcwtIVD?si=bbafd4ddc6aa465f

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Sam and Jim invite Mark into the room and together they work on his indie-feature, tentatively titled "1001". 

Join us in the room for a discussion on using emotion to drive your pitch, choosing which facets of your story to shine a light on, and staying on theme while breaking story.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays

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Sam and Jim invite Tim into the writers room, and together they work on his father, son, and granddaughter love story, tentatively titled "Gaddy".

Join us for a discussion on utilizing a chronic problem to drive story, ending your pilot on a question for maximum punch, and the great writing that comes out of the difficulties of raising children.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays

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J.R. and Meagan take over the room in this very special season ending episode of The Writers Room with Sam and Jim.

Join us in the room for all the best tips, tools, and advice that Sam and Jim have given over the first year of The Writers Room. 

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays

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Sam and Jim invite Kevin Ramlal into the room, and together they work on his Boy Scout murder mystery, tentatively titled "On My Honor". 

Join us in the room for a discussion on creating emotional arcs, making readers care about the protagonist's journey, and ending a pilot before the protagonist learns too much.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays

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Sam and Jim invite Macenzie back into the room to work on a scene from her hour long drama pilot, tentatively titled "Sins".

Join us in the room for a discussion on making sure emotion makes it on to the page, allowing characters to communicate verbally and non-verbally, and knowing what each character wants in any given scene.

If you'd like to follow along, you can download Macenzie's scene from our website: https://www.writersroompodcast.com/guests

Check out her previous episode, Episode 17 - There is No Series, So Stuff the Pilot with Macenzie Rebelo

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays

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Sam and Jim invite Shawn into the room, and together they work on his supernatural courtroom drama, tentatively titled "The Wolvener of Los Angeles". 

Join us in the room for a discussion on creating great scenes that force a reader to keep reading, creating an emotional spine that structures your story, and the dirty details of being a script coordinator. 

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays

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Sam and Jim invite Casey into the room, and together they work on her dramedy about Greek gods in a modern world, tentatively titled "Gods' Complex".

Join us for a discussion about how to write through writer's block, pitching scenes in order to understand characters, and creating emotional turns that give plot its punch.

Follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @thesamandjim

Producer: J.R. Zamora-Thal
Logo Design: Julien Debar-Monclair, @jude.orange
Music: Buddha Rays, @buddharays