Script Nerds
Welcome to our screenwriting podcast in which Season 1 takes you from a blank page to a full pilot script!
🎬 Writing is the invisible art that looks easy to most, but is super complicated behind the scenes. We are here to show you behind the veil. What happens in the trenches of story writing.
Our first 3 episodes feature general writing advice. After that, we dive into writing an original TV, comedic, pilot. Season 1 culminates in a table read with actors!
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- every 7 days
- Average duration
- 76 minutes
- Episodes
- 20
- Years Active
- 2025
EP20 - "Spaghetti Town" (Table Read)
Okay, so we have a pretty good script... but it needs to be better. It needs to be great to make the most of every moment on screen. How do we punch-up?
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00:36:41 |
Tue 12 Aug 2025
WHAT HAVE WE DONE?! A new discussion about how we got here!
So we're here! Just before the table read with actors! This episode isn't a "best of" snippets episode, this is a new discussion in which Adam and Shannon look back on moments and discuss the major c…
01:31:58 |
Tue 05 Aug 2025
Punching-Up
Okay, so we have a pretty good script... but it needs to be better. It needs to be great to make the most of every moment on screen. How do we punch-up?
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01:15:57 |
Tue 29 Jul 2025
Notes and Changes
Following up with our previous episode, Shannon and Adam discuss the changes they can/should make based on their notes from screenwriter, Natasha Chandel!
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01:14:07 |
Tue 22 Jul 2025
Screenwriter Notes (with Natasha Chandel)
On this episode, we get notes on our script from comedian and screenwriter, Natasha Chandel!
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00:55:25 |
Tue 15 Jul 2025
3rd Revision - Drafting
Let's talk about subsequent drafts...
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01:36:22 |
Tue 08 Jul 2025
Better Outline
This is where our podcast gets real. I mean, we've been real the whole time, but let's discuss where the podcast show format caused us to drop the ball (on our outline), and what we need to do to ove…
01:27:37 |
Tue 01 Jul 2025
Fresh Eyes
In this episode we discuss a gap in our recording and the benefit of coming back to a script at a later time with fresh eyes.
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01:23:07 |
Tue 24 Jun 2025
Implimenting Changes + Tightening Up (2nd Revision)
In this episode we discuss implimenting changes and tightening up what we have written in the 2nd Revision.
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01:20:02 |
Wed 18 Jun 2025
Page One Rewrite (Revision 1)
In this episode we talk about the most feared thing in writing: the Page One Rewrite. Hopefully your scripts don't need it, but it happens to many people when they start writing without the story ful…
01:33:30 |
Tue 10 Jun 2025
"K*lling Your Babies"
In this episode we talk about "K*lling Your Babies." (Also called "K*lling Your Darlings.") Why such a violent term exists? Because it's a hard thing to do.
Join us as we violently cut through the BS …
Join us as we violently cut through the BS …
01:24:59 |
Tue 03 Jun 2025
Rough Act 3
In this episode we take a look at Act 3 of our new pilot. We discuss progressing your story through Act 3, and just how much resolution you need.
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01:18:02 |
Tue 27 May 2025
Rough Act 2
In this episode we take a look at Act 2 of our new pilot. We discuss progressing your story through Act 2 as things escalate into Act 3.
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01:29:50 |
Tue 20 May 2025
Rough Act 1
In this episode we take a look at Act 1 of our new pilot. We discuss the challenges of creating an original pilot, and how Act 1 not only has to set up the plot, but most often the characters for the…
01:29:57 |
Tue 13 May 2025
The Stuff You DON'T Show People
In this episode, Adam shows you the stuff you don't show people. Essentially, the early writings you never show people, because plotlines and parts are all over the place, jokes are tested out, and t…
01:40:49 |
Tue 06 May 2025
Brainstorming
In this episode, we discuss brainstorming ideas. How do you decide which is best for your pilot?
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01:21:09 |
Tue 29 Apr 2025
Choosing Ideas
In this episode, we discuss the challenge of Choosing Ideas for a pilot. What makes a great idea? How do you create a TV show engine?
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00:49:34 |
Tue 22 Apr 2025
Outlining + Story
Outlining + Story / Screenwriting 101 (Part 3 of 3)
In this episode, we discuss creating a story on an outline!
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In this episode, we discuss creating a story on an outline!
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01:08:55 |
Tue 15 Apr 2025
Characters, Plot, and Adam's Fractal Theory
Characters, Plot, and Adam's Fractal Theory
Screenwriting 101: A Brief Introduction to Screenwriting (Part 2 of 3)
In this episode, we discuss, what makes great characters, coming up with plot, and wh…
Screenwriting 101: A Brief Introduction to Screenwriting (Part 2 of 3)
In this episode, we discuss, what makes great characters, coming up with plot, and wh…
01:00:45 |
Tue 08 Apr 2025
Choosing a Format + World Building
Screenwriting 101: A Brief Introduction to Screenwriting
(Part 1 of 3)
Hello Script Nerds! Welcome to our new podcast where we dive into the trenches of screenwriting, revealing to you just how much wo…
(Part 1 of 3)
Hello Script Nerds! Welcome to our new podcast where we dive into the trenches of screenwriting, revealing to you just how much wo…
00:57:42 |
Tue 01 Apr 2025
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