This week on the show we're thrilled to welcome the creative powerhouse Gloria Calderón Kellett. Well-known for the critically acclaimed relaunch of "One Day At A Time," she is a show-runner, writer, actor and all-around force-to-be-reckoned-with. She talks with Dave and Brad about her writing process, finding new ideas, sitcom writing, writing as a collaboration, editing for humor, and much, much more. Gloria and Dave have been married for a number of years. (Which number is anybody's guess.) So this marks the first time that one of the ComicLab hosts exchanged smooches with one of the guests.
Sorry, Jake.
BUT FIRST... Speaking of humor writing, Brad's older son, Alex, has become fascinated with writing comedy. And that has resulting in a strange combination of pride and fear for dad.
Show notes 00:00 — Brad's son wants to be a writer 11:10 — Facing the blank page 16:46 — What's missing from webcomics? Craft services. 19:49 — Writing an episode for TV 21:19 — Accepting criticism 25:00 — Do Gloria and Dave ever collaborate on each other's projects? 27:27 — "Finding your muse" in an actor 34:24 — Writing as part of a team 44:20 — How to see a live taping of ODAT 45:23 — The sitcom writing format 55:55 — Editing for humor 01:02:09 — Writing in groups vs writing solitudeGreat rewards when you support ComicLab
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Brad Guigar is the creator of Evil Inc and the editor of Webcomics.com
