SELLING YOUR SCREENPLAY: Ep. 466 – The Do’s and Don’t of a TV Writers’ Room with Katie White
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer Katie White about working in television, the do’s and don’t of a Writers’ Room, and the struggles of first moving to Los Angeles and working odd jobs to get by.
This week Ashley Scott Meyers talks with writer Katie White.
Our guest, Katie White worked her way up from being a writer's assistant on NCIS to writing two episodes of the show and joining the WGA. Katie White talks about working in television, the do's and don't of a Writers' Room and the struggles of first moving to Los Angeles and working odd jobs to get by.
This is a very fun and inspiring interview, that should remind writers and artists that the key to success is to just keep going. Katie White talks about her future plans and spec script writing, a skill that started her on this writing journey but she never left.
You can listen to the audio portion of the podcast by clicking here or through iTunes by clicking here.
You can also read a transcript of this episode.
Links mentioned in the show:
- Katie White on IMDb
- Katie White on Twitter
- NCIS Trailer
- NCIS on IMDb
- SYS's From Concept to Completion Screenwriting Course
- Our free guide, "How to Sell Your Screenplay in 5 Weeks!"
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Ashley Scott Meyers is a screenwriter and blogger / podcaster. Since beginning his career as a screenwriter in the late 1990’s he’s optioned more than two dozen feature screenplays and sold a half dozen. And he’s done it all without an agent or manager, instead opting to use his pragmatic screenplay marketing guide which he teaches at SellingYourScreenplay.com.
