Get in theRoom
A screenwriting podcast where television veterans
Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn invite aspiring writers
into the room to help them develop their stories.
June 28, 2021
Latest Episode
Pitching Plot Proves Painful, but Emotion Elicits Excitement with Mark LePatner
Sam and Jim invite Mark into the room and together they work on his indie-feature, tentatively titled "1001".
Join us in the room for a discussion on using emotion to drive your pitch, choosing which facets of your story to shine a light on, and staying on theme while breaking story.
About
The Show
Once upon a time... successful restaurant owners Sam Ernst and Jim Dunn convinced their mostly understanding wives to move from St. Paul, Minnesota, to Los Angeles, California – where they knew nobody and had no way to support themselves – to pursue their dream of writing for television.
They’d been writing for years in Jim’s attic, had a box full of spec scripts and a notebook full of ideas. That’s about it – but they’d gone as far as they could go in St. Paul. They knew it wouldn’t be easy, but they believed they were ready to take the leap from “aspiring” to “professional” writer.
Holy crap were they wrong...
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The Team
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Writing Rants
with Sam and Jim
Rants on writing, writers' life, the art and craft of TV, and more...