Writers Group Therapy is a weekly podcast by writers for writers. Our podcast runs about 8-12 minutes – enough to consume while you’re downing your half-caf-mocha-latte between writing sessions at whatever coffee shop you’re currently camped out. Follow on Twitter (http://twitter.com/wgtherapy) and Instagram: http://instagram.com/wgtherapy and visit the website at http://www.writersgrouptherapy.com.
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Rachanee Lumayno and Tom Loveman, the hosts of Writers Group Therapy, also co-lead The Writers Block, a writers group in North Hollywood, CA.
Rachanee is an actress, writer, and producer who specializes in comedy. Her two comedic shorts, Game Night and Spouse Switch, have appeared in several Los Angeles film festivals. The horror short "Synesthesia," which she produced, has been selected by 35 film festivals worldwide. Rachanee is also the founder and co-leader of the Writers Block, a writers’ support community. (Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/rachaneelumayno)
Tom started screenwriting in 2007 but had been producing award-winning shorts since 2003. Tom writes TV pilots, feature films and shorts including the TV pilot "Hoods" that was among the Top 10 finalists in the Playstation Emerging Filmmaker Program in 2017. His award-winning short horror film "Synesthesia" and his sci-fi web series pilot, "Reclamation" have been official selections at over 60 film festivals combined including the 2018 San Diego Comic Con Film Festival. (Follow on Twitter: http://twitter.com/tom_loveman)
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read moreIn this week's session, we interview animation writer Grant Moran about his work as well as his unique non-profit KEPYR (Kids Entertainment Professionals for Young Refugees) that rallies the global ...
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read moreExecutive Producer, Director and Writer Bill Watson speaks with us in this week's session about Plan P Live! - his series of live b-movie screenings with puppets of characters from ...
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read moreIn this week's session, Tom and Rachanee take a writer's high-level look at the 2019 pilot season to see how diversity is doing, what's trending, what's not, and what's new ...
read moreCarolyn Martin is a screenwriter and retired licensed counselor, marriage and family therapist who reached out to us after listening to Session #89 - Writing Hard Scenes. Her experience with ...
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read moreWith studios more risk adverse to original ideas and seemingly rebooting anything under the sun, should you write a reboot? In today's session, we discuss how writing reboots works for ...
read moreIn today's session, we interview Mike Blum, Chief Creative Officer at Pipsqueak Animation. Mike is a writer, director and producer who started making animated films while at Disney Feature Animation.SHOW ...
read moreWhat are you writing plans for the Summer? In this session, we talk about strategy and options for making the most of your time as a writer over the Summer.SHOW ...
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read moreThey're not something we, thankfully, as writers, have personally experienced. So, how do you write scenes depicting rape or abuse, murder or drugs? We discuss in this week's Writers Group ...
read moreWhere's the line between paying homage and ripping off a well known movie or TV show? SHOW NOTES:IMDB "Biggest Movie Ripoffs" https://www.imdb.com/list/ls000660189/Ranker "16 Popular TV Shows Sued for Being Rip-offs" ...
read moreIt's not everyday that a TV show makes it to four seasons, the magic number for syndication, let alone go beyond to seven, or 10, or even, as record holder ...
read moreIn this week’s session we interview documentarian and author Steven Smith. Steven has produced over 200 documentary features ranging from “The Sound of Music,” to “Star Wars,” to “Aquaman.” We ...
