Author: alithewriter

Movie, Television

Episode 158 — Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas

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Ali discusses The Roku Channel original movie, Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas, written by series creator, Austin Winsberg, and directed by Richard Shepard.

Listen to the Zoey’s Extraordinary Christmas playlist.

Be sure to also check out Episode 93 — Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist and Episode 139 — Zoey’s Extraordinary Playlist Season 2.

Zoey's Extraordinary Christmas

Animation, Interview, Television, Writing

Episode 155 — Screenwriting ‘n’ Other Creative Stuff with Eric Trueheart

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Ali interviews writer, story editor, producer and voice director, Eric Trueheart. Eric shares how he got his start in the industry, advice for writers trying to break in, the early days of his comedy troupe, The Ministry of Unknown Science, lots of fun stuff from his book, The Medium-Sized Book of ZIM Scripts Vol 1: Pigs ‘n’ Waffles, and how he deals with writer’s block. He also talks about writing the ZIM comics, being a script consultant on Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, voice directing on Yin Yang Yo!, pilots he’s written and his podcasts, The Army of Drunks and One Man Murder Maze, plus lots of great screenwriting tidbits along the way!

Visit Eric’s website: erictrueheart.com

Purchase The Medium-Sized Book of ZIM Scripts Vol. 1: Pigs ‘n’ Waffles: tinyurl.com/pigwaffles

Check out where to order Grisly’s Cosmic Black: blackyetibeverage.com

Listen to Eric and Rikki Simons’ D&D podcast, One Man Murder Maze: onemanmurdermaze.com

Follow Eric on Twitter and Instagram.

Eric Trueheart

Animation, Interview, Movies, Television

Episode 154 — A Composer’s Mindset with Kevin Manthei

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Ali interviews TV, film and video game composer, Kevin Manthei. He shares about his musical influences, how he got his start composing for video games, his process for scoring an episode of TV, working as the series composer on Invader ZIM and stepping back into the world for Invader ZIM: Enter the Florpus, what went into creating “Peace Is Nice,” his thoughts on creative block, advice for aspiring composers, current projects and more!

Check out the following links for more of Kevin’s work:

Television

Episode 152 — Brooklyn Nine-Nine: Pilot + Finale

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Ali discusses the pilot and the two-part series finale, “The Last Day,” of the police procedural comedy, Brooklyn Nine-Nine, created by Dan Goor & Mike Schur.

Read two different drafts of the Brooklyn Nine-Nine pilot:

Brooklyn Nine-Nine