Episode 119: SAMMIE CROWLEY

Welcome to Creative Block! This week's guest is Sammie Crowley! Sammie is a writer who has worked on The Ghost and Molly Magee, Loud House, DC Super Hero Girls, and My Little Pony: Friendship is Magic. Along the way, we talk about finding a community of TV writers in college, her journey to becoming a writer for cartoons, some lessons she learned from My Little Pony, and so much more! While we talk, we doodle on a Google jamboard, where we draw from prompts we got on Twitter. Subscribe to our channel to hear more stories of other animation professionals! Become a Patron! ► https://www.patreon.com/crtvblock Follow us on our socials for updates! ► https://twitter.com/crtvblockhttps://www.instagram.com/crtv.block/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Thank you to our Patreons and Blockheads for the prompts and questions! ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Follow the host! VEE! ► https://twitter.com/violainebriat ► https://www.instagram.com/violainebriat/ ARI! ► https://twitter.com/acastleton ►https://www.instagram.com/castletoons/ ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ Editing by Clemence Briat ► https://twitter.com/clem_n_m Produced by Malik Gayle ► https://twitter.com/MalikGayle and Marco Beltran ► https://twitter.com/orcsocks Theme song by Louie Zong ► https://twitter.com/everydaylouie ■■■■■■■■■■■■■■■ 0:00 Intro 1:58 Childhood and college 13:41 Brainstorming 16:32 Post-graduation projects 18:58 Kady Fanfiction 20:50 From fanfic to spec spript 25:01 Good twists 27:33 First gig 34:10 Freelance vs staff writer 50:54 Pushing an idea 54:26 Typical day in writer's room 57:18 Different stages of a script 1:08:11 Favorite episode 1:11:53 Making a character appealing 1:21:33 Writing interesting episodes on a long show 1:33:19 Fledging idea to draft 1:37:49 Creative block 1:43:01 Lessons from MLP 1:45:12 Shenanigans