Tinsel Town Tea

As we enter the New Year, Cory and Judith are taking a break but will be back on Jan. 15. Catch up on some older episodes in 2019 while we prepare for some amazing shows in 2020!

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Happy holidays from Tinsel Town Tea! This episode is a fun one. Cory and Judith have fun and talk about all their favorite holiday specials.

Recorded 20/20/19

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In this episode, Cory and Judith will be talking alllllllll thangs character! We’ll be giving y’all the tea on how we craft characters and how to make your characters skrongggggg!

Recorded 12/12/19

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There is so much good news happening, Cory and Judith decided to dedicate a whole episode, ranting, parsing out and celebrate the many black and brown creatives make waves in the entertainment industry this week. You gotta get your info, blessings and tea wherever  you can.

Recorded 12/04/19

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Description: Cory and Judith give a rundown of all the resources they use to help write, rewrite, think about writing, watch other people write, dream about writing...you name it. Don’t ever say we didn’t give y’all something. 

Resources: Books

The Anatomy of Story by John Truby 

How to write a move in 21 days by Viki King

Creating Unforgettable characters by Linda Seger

Inside The Room by Linda Venis

Writing the TV Drama Series by Pamela Douglas

Writing the Pilot by William Rabkin

Write to Tv by Martie Cook

Screenwriter’s Bible by David Trottier

Save The Cat by Black Synder 

The Coffee Break Screenwriter by Pilar Alessandra

The Screenwriter Within by D.B. Gilles 

Scripts databases

http://www.dailyscript.com/movie.html

https://sites.google.com/site/tvwriting/

https://www.simplyscripts.com/

https://www.moviebytes.com/upcoming-screenplay-contests.cfm

Websites with info

Screencraft: https://screencraft.org/

Script Magazine: https://www.scriptmag.com/

The Script Lab: https://thescriptlab.com/

Screenwriters University: https://www.screenwritersuniversity.com/

Podcasts

Paper Team

3rd and Fairfax

Black Film Space

Curious about screenwriting network

Writer’s Panel

Tv Camp Fire

Dont @ Me

ScriptNotes 

On the Page with Pilar Alessandra

Recorded 11/14/19

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Cory and Judith celebrate Thanksgiving by reading the Emmy Awarding episode from the Netflix show Master of None entitled  “Thanksgiving.” Written by award winning screenwriter Lena Waithe, we stan. Period. Menstrual. 

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Cory and Judith play Nigga Jeopardy! That’s it. That’s the caption.

Recorded 11/07/19

Link to Jeopardy: https://jeopardylabs.com/play/black-entertainment-history-trivia

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Cory and Judith reluctantly discuss the Clueless reboots and review Netflix’s Raising Dion. Michael B. Jordan’s production company’s series about a little Black boy who discovers he has super-powers. Spoiler Alert: He is adorable AF!

Recorded 10/24/19

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Cory and Judith step inside “The Actors Studio” and put on their best reading voices as they pick scenes from scripts while the other one guesses which television show it came from. While they catch up on current tinsel town news, they continue to cut up while trying to figure out who really won this game. Listen to find out.

Released 10/17/19

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Description: Cory and Judith talk about alllll the trends we’re seeing in the TV industry today. From reboot after reboot to all the damn streaming services trying to take our coins! We talk about what these lil’ trends mean for writers. Also, Dark-Skin Aunt Viv is making a comeback??

Recorded 10/10/19

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