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Post by charlotte on Apr 11, 2007 21:07:08 GMT -5
Next time I'll try to take a picture for you. Heh.
(It's just a plain old office building elevator. Honest. Take it off your life list and add going to see the pyramids in Egypt or something instead!)
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Post by spacefreak on Apr 11, 2007 21:12:16 GMT -5
So how did you get into writing an episode (or at least coming up with the premise and basic plot details) of KP? Do you work freelance and just submit something, or were you asked to write it?
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Post by charlotte on Apr 11, 2007 21:43:59 GMT -5
Good question, spacefreak. I work as a freelance writer on any and as many shows as will have me, often concurrently. (Check out my agency bio on my MySpace page, and you'll see what I mean. I'm everywhere, baybee! ;D) In the case of this particular--and, may I add, super awesome with coolness on the side--KP gig, first I was invited by the story editor to pitch a handful of my own original story ideas. This is always Step 1 in freelance writing on any animated series. <Fancy Writerly Terminology Alert!> We call these paragraph-long episode idea pitches "springboards." </End Fancy Writerly Terminology Alert! We now return you to your regularly-scheduled post already in progress> Unfortunately none of my springboards hit the mark this time (wah!!!) but they apparently at least proved to TPTB that I knew the show and could write for these characters well, so I was then assigned the germ of a story idea to turn into a script. Yay for lucky me! So to sum up: If you love certain specific things in "Nursery Crimes," go me! (With mad props to Kurt Weldon too for his kick-ass after-the-fact contributions.) But if you hate the whole general concept, I'm off the hook! And so's Kurt. It's a win-win situation. ;D And? I GOT TO WRITE ON KP!!! How amazingly amazing is that?!? So no matter what happens, that makes it a win-win- win situation. Triple score!
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Post by Yamal on Apr 12, 2007 12:11:47 GMT -5
Yep, Triple score! Go ask those fanfic writers if they would like to watch on of the stories coming to life. I bet watching what you had in mind coming to life is one of the best things of being a script writer... Particularly if it's done in style, hehe.
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Post by charlotte on Apr 12, 2007 14:38:12 GMT -5
To borrow from the inimitable Nicole Dubuc: "Our fanfiction is published!" ;D
Exciting as it is, though, it is a nerve-wracking feeling to see your episode (of anything) on the air for the first time. Especially on, er, y'know, lesser-quality productions than KP. Wondering if the voice director ruined a verbal joke's intended inflection. That's the worst, for me. Or if the animation direction is chaotic--They aren't all Steve Loter!--and you can't follow the action cleanly.
But, all nerves aside, it's a pretty cool feeling. The best is visiting your parents' house when something you wrote happens to be on, and your name comes up on TV in your own old living room where you used to watch cartoons as a kid wishing you could write them.... Surreal!
That's livin' the dream.
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Post by nabusan on Apr 12, 2007 14:42:39 GMT -5
OMG, I love that - I can totally picture it!
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Apr 12, 2007 14:43:52 GMT -5
That would be cool. I think my ultimate dream job is to write for a tv show. That would be cool. Next time I'll try to take a picture for you. Heh. (It's just a plain old office building elevator. Honest. Take it off your life list and add going to see the pyramids in Egypt or something instead!) I think going to the pyramids in Egypt is on my list... I do have going to at least 3 of the new 7 wonders of the world. Never fear. I have amazing sites and stupid crazy pilgrimages both on my life list (including going to King's Cross, Platform 9 and 3/4, going to the Eiffell Tower, Australia Zoo, etc)
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Post by charlotte on Apr 13, 2007 2:22:02 GMT -5
You don't say? Maybe I should think about being a writer. BTW: Love your avatar, nabusan. Hee hee. Except that Ron Stoppable is MY cartoon boyfriend! ;D
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Post by nabusan on Apr 13, 2007 2:28:04 GMT -5
*bows* Aww! Thankyou, you're too kind! w00t, a VIP knows I exist! And lol, all the ladies [and guys too lol] want a piece of teh Ron!
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Apr 13, 2007 6:47:19 GMT -5
I want Ron too.
But, I'll be happy with a Ron like guy or a Kim like person.
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Post by Yamal on Apr 15, 2007 15:41:49 GMT -5
Don't worry, you can have Ron for yourself he he swings that way (which I highly doubt). It will be enough for me to hang out with him and have fun playing video games, eating at Nueno Nacho and sasving the world on a regular basis. ^__^
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Post by thomashart on Apr 18, 2007 3:34:42 GMT -5
A little known fact: Charlotte has the world record for the fastest time ever for catching a spider monkey in the wild and eating it (bones and all) - 3min 32sec
THAT'S what makes a good writer in my book.
I managed to do it in 4min 18sec, but I had a cold that day.
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Post by Ashley Benlove on Apr 18, 2007 9:30:06 GMT -5
I believe that! Spider monkey?
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Post by thomashart on Apr 18, 2007 12:34:25 GMT -5
Forgot to mention, the Spider Monkey was also uncooked. That makes it harder to chew.
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Post by Yamal on Apr 18, 2007 13:13:07 GMT -5
Talk about randomness here, Ashley Benlove. I've laughted my socks off with the latest post. Thanks a lot! Because I needed it before goingt to work in a few minutes...
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Post by charlotte on Apr 18, 2007 16:55:34 GMT -5
Also harder to catch!
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Post by thomashart on Apr 18, 2007 18:58:33 GMT -5
Actually the fact that it was completely shaved and covered in bacon grease is what made it harder to catch. But the bacon grease made it easier to eat.
The major problem with trying to eat a live, shaved, greased spider monkey, is that while you're struggling to eat it, it tries to eat you back. They're spiteful little creatures.
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Post by spacefreak on Apr 18, 2007 19:03:13 GMT -5
Actually the fact that it was completely shaved and covered in bacon grease is what made it harder to catch. But the bacon grease made it easier to eat. The major problem with trying to eat a live, shaved, greased spider monkey, is that while you're struggling to eat it, it tries to eat you back. They're spiteful little creatures. Are all animations writers forced to eat this, or only the ones who work for Disney?
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Post by thomashart on Apr 18, 2007 21:27:42 GMT -5
Typically it's only Disney writers. If you work for Jetix you have to catch a grizzly bear using only a dictionary and a garbage bag. That never ends well.
Nickelodeon requires their employees to wear spoons over their eyes while running a 20 meter dash through a rain of pudding cups.
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Post by spacefreak on Apr 18, 2007 21:48:06 GMT -5
Nickelodeon requires their employees to wear spoons over their eyes while running a 20 meter dash through a rain of pudding cups. That explains some of the antics we see on Spongebob. Its a way for the writers to explain what is going on in their lives in a believable setting... *sigh* what has happened to the quality of storywriting of cartoons in the past ten years? (KP is the rare exception)
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