XAD Ep 40 – Talking “Surfside Girls” & Screenwriting with Showrunner, May Chan!

Xytech After Dark

English - August 19, 2022 18:00 - 50 minutes - 34.7 MB
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Previous Episode: XAD Ep 39 – The XAD Returns!! Plus: the Annual ‘Summer Mailbag’ Pod!

Next Episode: XAD Ep 41 - A Streaming Services Audit, Prod Space Frenzy in LA, What is Shudder?, and the NAB East Preview!

Gregg Sandheinrich is joined by May Chan, Showrunner & Head Writer of the new AppleTV+ series “Surfside Girls” (out now!). Gregg and May discuss what it means to be a “Showrunner” in the world of episodic television (2:02), from ‘aspiring writer’ to ‘working writer’, how does one ‘break’ into the industry (10:15), what is was like seeing something she wrote on the screen for first time (16:15), winning a WGA award (20:44), thoughts on “weekly release” vs “series drops” strategies (29:37), ignoring ‘trolls’ on the internet (33:53), adapting books for television and much more (36:45)!

https://tv.apple.com/us/show/surfside-girls/umc.cmc.4371g2xacdr0wfs071dm3q30x

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