In this episode, smish meets with Andy Erikson -- @Gigawatt -- a real jack of all trades. Andy is known for her recurring role as Marguerite Honeywell on Scream Queens, as well as placing third on NBC’s Last Comic Standing. Andy is also a prolific screenwriter who recently placed as finalist in the Walt Disney television writing program. Her screenplays have made it to the second round at the Austin Film Festival and the Sundance episodic lab.

Get Hype! Andy gives the inside scoop about how she got started writing and how she approaches starting a new idea. Andy reveals all about the Walt Disney writing program and how she made it as a finalist. Then she talks about getting heckled as a screenwriter (it’s possible after all) and her own writing projects!

We also get a very special treat, an original song about screenwriting: Cold Openings (26:15).

Smish and Andy discuss:

Stand Up Comedy versus Screenwriting (1:47)
Character Introductions and Descriptions (9:49)
Walt Disney Writing Program (12:26)
Writer’s Rooms (23:11)
#OneMinuteGo (32:03)
Sundance Episodic Lab (34:56)
Networking (39:56)

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Gold Level VIP Members get a bonus 20 minutes of Andy and the origin story of her username, Gigawatt. We find out who would win in a fight between screenwriters and comedians, and then we get Andy’s take on the fight that really matters: unicorns versus squirrels!

And finally, Andy answers questions from our members! And of course unicorns get brought up again! Check out her site where she literally rates pictures of unicorns:

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More about Andy:

Andy is a moderator on our Discord Server. You know her as @Gigawatt !

Twitter: @andyerikson Websites: http://www.andyeriksonwriter.com and http://www.andyerikson.com/

WATCH Andy's comedy special UNICORN STYLE: https://www.vidangel.com/movie/andy-erikson-unicorn-style

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