Tweetstorm: Amy Berg on Staffing a TV Writer’s Room (Part 1)

A series of tweets about the phenomenon which is staffing season.

Amy Berg is a writer and TV producer whose credits include Leverage, Person of Interest, Eureka, Caper, Da Vinci’s Demons, and the current hit Starz! series Counterpart. Recently, she posted a tweetstorm TV staffing season and how to survive the pressures of trying to land a gig in a writer’s room. Reprinted here by permission.

My takeaways from Amy’s series of tweets about how to comport yourself when you get a meeting such as the ones described in her thread:

• Embrace the old saying, “God gave you two ears and one mouth… for a reason.” Don’t talk too much, make sure you demonstrate the instinct and ability to listen well.
• In advance of the meeting, spend a lot of time thinking about the series characters, who they are, where they’ve been, where they might be going, and your emotional connection to them.
• Be a human being, not a crazy person.

Follow Amy on Twitter: @bergopolis

For all of the Screenwriting Tweetstorms, go here.