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EP 304: Paid To Create w/ TV Producer David Matthews

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In This Episode

What does it take to “make it” in business as a creative, and what does making it actually look like?

That’s the central idea of this special episode of CCR for a series I’m calling, Paid To Create. 

A show that explores three phases of a career in creativity: THE CALLING, THE CRAFT, and THE COMMERCE. 

In the episode I go deep into all three phases with celebrated author and television writer and producer, David Matthews. 

David has written two biographical books, Ace of Spades and Kicking Ass and Saving Souls, and written and produced television shows like Them, Law & Order, Tyrant, Vinyl, and Your Honor.

WARNING: SPOILERS! David and I go into great detail about the ending of the show Your Honor, starring Brian Cransden, so, if you haven’t seen it, I recommend watching it before you listen (it’s excellent!). 

Listen to Copy Chief Radio #304 – Paid To Create w/ TV Producer David Matthews

01:16 – THE CALLING

01:28 – A journalist father, a TV for a babysitter, and film school.

08:03 – Writing “Ace of Spades: A Memoir” and Hollywood calls.

14:34 – “If they can do it, I can do it.”

17:13 – How a screenplay on a night stand led to Law & Order: SVU

21:11 – THE CRAFT

21:39 – How writing for major TV shows works (SPOILERS for “Your Honor”)

30:54 – The state of TV crime dramas and the network’s biggest fear

35:17 – How David pitched a cop show that got a bunch of people yelled at

40:52 – THE COMMERCE

41:21 – “I don’t know of a working screenwriter who cannot pay their bills.”

45:54 – Going from screenwriter to showrunner (SPOILERS for “Your Honor”)

50:05 – Writing shows today: on raising the stakes and how to end an episode

53:13 – How “You still get paid” for projects that aren’t on your IMDb


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