- mad dash for the logo
- first thought theater
- let it suck
- siege and coda
- proof of lack of concept
- HYSOS? (have you SEEN our show?)
- schmuck bait
- a hat on a hat (bananas on bananas)
- “this is just the house number”
#writersroomtalk
- pantomiming the pulling of a ripcord when abandoning a bad idea in mid-pitch.
- “this is the stupidest idea ever and i’m totally not saying we do this but...”
- it’s not “landing”
- “infodump”
- where’s poochie?
- we’re going to have to frankenstein the draft.
#writersroomtalk
- when ending a pitch: “it’s a c-130 cargo plane full of entertainment, and you know where we’re gonna land it? america.” (this is @PetrieDoug’s finishing move, and it’s epic)

@JoseMolinaTV, @sheryljanderson, @MuseZack, @alonsomyers, @writergeekrhw

#writersroomtalk
the “old timey-est” piece of #writersroomtalk i still use/hear is “this character needs a gooch” - which is to say “a nemesis” - named after arnold’s bully in “diff’rent strokes” #yesimancient
- this has my concern monkey screeching ( @TheJulieBenson)
- i think we have a sticky, story-like substance here
- “who’s our white devil this week?” (from “medium” where the killers were overwhelmingly white and male)
- we need a body drop at the end of this act

#writersroomtalk
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