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47 episodes

Pitching Plot Proves Painful, but Emotion Elicits Excitement with Mark LePatner

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Mark into the room and together they work on his indie-feature, tentatively titled "1001". Join us in the roo...

44:28Jan 31, 2022

Generational Conflict is a Chronic Condition with Tim Wardell

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Tim into the writers room, and together they work on his father, son, and granddaughter love story, tentative...

43:31Jan 17, 2022

One Season Down, Highlights to Show with J.R. and Meagan

Send a text 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 t...

55:45Jan 7, 2022

Good Scouts Know When to End a Pilot with Kevin Ramlal

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

46:55Dec 20, 2021

Bringing Up Past Sins: Scene Study with Macenzie Rebelo

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

35:17Dec 6, 2021

Werewolves Turn, and Your Scenes Should Too with Shawn Waugh

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Shawn into the room, and together they work on his supernatural courtroom drama, tentatively titled "The Wolv...

44:55Nov 22, 2021

Breaking Through Writer's Block with Casey Partridge

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Casey into the room, and together they work on her dramedy about Greek gods in a modern world, tentatively ti...

48:38Nov 8, 2021

The Contradiction of the Man and His Crown with Teng Ky-Gan

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Teng Ky-Gan into the room and together they work on his historical limited series about the Dalai Lama, tenta...

48:40Oct 25, 2021

Ask Fewer Questions and Say More with Claire Jennings

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Claire into the room and together they work on her mall comedy, tentatively titled "Forever 21 Forever". Join...

43:41Oct 18, 2021

Laughter is a Moment Free from Hurt with Marc Brockwell

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Marc into the room and together they work on his as of yet untitled comedy about an investment banker turned...

41:02Oct 11, 2021

Let Your Darlings Take a Bullet in the Back and Other Room Skills with Tania Lotia

Send a text Sam and Jim invite their friend Tania Lotia into the room. Together they talk about hard won room skills and then they break an...

43:48Oct 4, 2021

Get Your Internal Drive off the Bench with Nate Patton

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Nate into the room and together they work on his high school comedy, tentatively titled, "Specialists". Join...

47:30Sep 27, 2021

There's No Debate, Pitching is Hard with Sarah Heveron-Smith and Paula Skaggs

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Sarah and Paula into the room, and together they work on their high-school comedy feature, tentatively titled...

42:45Sep 20, 2021

Scene Study with Zach Freshley and J Hunter Richardson

Send a text In this Scene Study episode, Sam and Jim invite Zach Freshley and J Hunter Richardson back in to the room to read and rework sce...

58:01Sep 13, 2021

Find Your Core Idea and Toss the Rest with Doris McGill

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Doris McGill into the room, and together they work on her comedy about finding your place and fitting in, ten...

58:05Sep 6, 2021

Dust off Your Protagonist and Make Their Character Shine with Jerry Landry

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Jerry Landry into the room and together they work on his semi-dystopian comedy, tentatively titled "Dust Coun...

46:08Aug 30, 2021

Focus on the Central Relationship and Let the Sparks Fly with Claire Nauman

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Claire Nauman into the room, and together they work on her "Love Interest of the Week" dramedy procedural, te...

41:17Aug 23, 2021

Doing Future You a Favor By Turning Up the Intensity with Campy Draper

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Campy Draper into the room and together they work on his supernatural dramedy about a true crime podcaster in...

47:10Aug 16, 2021

Scene Study with Annette DeLorean and Kat Boyd

Send a text In our first ever Scene Study episode, Sam and Jim invite Annette DeLorean and Kat Boyd back in to the room to read and rework s...

60:03Aug 9, 2021

Using Cookies and Murder to Discuss Identity with Yasmin Asif

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Yasmin Asif into the room and together they work on her feature about the price of ambition and a box of cook...

53:54Aug 2, 2021

Cool Dads Use Cheap Deep to Efficiently Add Heart with Phillip Cordell

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Phillip into the room, and together they work on his comedy about the trials and tribulations of fatherhood i...

56:05Jul 26, 2021

Backstory Can Drag You to The Underworld with Ellie Lorscheid

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Ellie into the room and together they work on her adaptation of the Hades and Persephone Greek myth, tentativ...

54:56Jul 19, 2021

Perfection is the Enemy of Good Characters with Travis Nguyen

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Travis in to the room and together they work on his genre-bending sci-fi romp, tentatively titled "Big Brain"...

46:23Jul 12, 2021

It Helps to Be a Witch To Craft Mind-Blowing Act Breaks with Laurel Ellis

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Laurel in to the room and together they work on her drama about a teen witch in grave danger learning to help...

51:51Jul 5, 2021

Planting Personal Conflicts to Harvest Complicated Themes with Clarence Moore

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Clarence in to the room and together they work on his fantasy drama centered around two opposing families and...

54:24Jun 28, 2021

Using a Love Story to Cut Through Cocaine and Cartels with Stephanie Palacino, Scott Porterfield, and Rusty Watkins

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Stephanie, Scott, and Rusty in to the room and together they work on their cocaine fueled cartel comedy, tent...

49:19Jun 21, 2021

Huckster Grandpa and Other Story Engines for Liars with Stephen Saltarelli

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Stephen in to the room and together they work on his half-hour comedy about the importance of family and the...

47:12Jun 14, 2021

From Buffy to Brujas -- Making Genre Specific with Jovanna Huguet-Burke

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Jovanna in to the room and together they work on her demon hunting fantasy story, tentatively titled "The Wat...

46:22Jun 7, 2021

Pitching Falcon and The Winter Soldier with a Migraine and Other War Stories with Marvel Showrunner Malcolm Spellman

Send a text Sam and Jim invite their good friend Malcolm Spellman in to the room. Together they talk about high stakes pitching and then the...

61:54May 31, 2021

There is No Series, So Stuff the Pilot with Macenzie Rebelo

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Macenzie into the room and together they work on her small town murder mystery, tentatively titled "Sins". Jo...

51:58May 24, 2021

Every Crime Needs a Motive with Jeff Thurber

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Jeff into the room and together they work on his drama about skimming credit cards to skip town, tentatively...

50:26May 17, 2021

Story Engine for a Death Metal Centaur with Annette DeLorean

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Annette into the room, and together they work on her animated Christian death metal comedy, tentatively title...

53:28May 10, 2021

A Little Less Sci, A Little More Fi with J Hunter Richardson

Send a text Sam and Jim invite J into the room, and together the work on his multi-verse hopping drama, tentatively titled, "Singulars". Joi...

54:35May 3, 2021

Series Bibles and The Coincidence of Sperm with Lauren White

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Lauren in to the room, and together they work on her half hour comedy about the ties that bind us as family,...

53:35Apr 26, 2021

Starting Hot and Letting Go of Early Drafts with Adam Warwinsky

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Adam in to the room, and together they work on his hour-long drama set in the world of high-society run non-p...

55:31Apr 19, 2021

Why You Should Absolutely Write a Script That Won't Get Made with Mary Nguyen

Send a text Sam an Jim invite Mary in to the room, and together they work on her biting satire set in the inevitable future when Amazon has...

51:00Apr 12, 2021

Finding the Holy S**t Moments with Zach Freshley

Send a text Sam an Jim invite Zach in to the room, and together they work on his gumshoe marital drama, tentatively titled "Under Investigat...

50:15Apr 5, 2021

When to Say F**k the Rules with Sean-Joseph McCann

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Sean-Joseph in to the room, and together the work on his drama pilot about the costs of war and the challenge...

58:25Mar 29, 2021

Live at SXSW: What Showrunners Want and Other Mysteries with Creator/Showrunner Ben Watkins

Send a text Sam and Jim invite their good friend Ben Watkins, creator of Hand of God, in to the room for this very special episode, brought...

77:56Mar 22, 2021

You Gotta Lie to Tell the Truth with Mary Birdsong

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Mary Birdsong in to the room, and together they work on her dramedy (based on her own family), tentatively ti...

52:30Mar 15, 2021

Career Math for Writers and other Painful Topics with EP Tamara Becher-Wilkinson

Send a text Sam and Jim welcome their friend Tamara Becher-Wilkinson, executive producer of HBOMax's Doom Patrol, in to the room. Toget...

56:00Mar 8, 2021

Magic Doesn’t Work Until You Lay Down the Laws with Max Rissman

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Max Rissman in to the room, and together they work on his feature "Voiceless", a story of twin teenage girls...

55:21Mar 1, 2021

Don’t be Fooled -- Nothing Happens by Mistake with Stacy Lumbrezer

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Stacy Lumbrezer in to the room, and together they work on her dramedy "Family Law and Disorder", which center...

55:53Feb 22, 2021

An Epic Story Starts with a Simple Idea with Faraz Abidi

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Faraz Abidi in to the room, and together they work on his "Untitled Indian Independence Script", a story that...

53:28Feb 15, 2021

Make Your Protagonist Their Own Worst Enemy with Kat Boyd

Send a text Sam and Jim invite Kat Boyd in to the room, and together they work on her Detroit-based, police task-force pilot, tentatively ti...

61:48Feb 8, 2021

Be Kind to Your Ideas (a.k.a. Let ‘em Suck for a Minute) with Erin Kron

Send a text Jim and Sam invite Erin Kron, an LA based writer and singer, in to the room and together they work on her time traveling folk mu...

54:24Feb 1, 2021

Episode 0 - Welcome to The Writers Room

Send a text Television veterans Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn welcome you to their writers room. On this podcast, they will be inviting aspiring wr...

12:48Jan 25, 2021