About this episode

Ana Nogueira discusses her experiences with writing for Supergirl and the creative process behind it.

Ana Nogueira ( Supergirl ) discusses pitching open writing assignments, setting a reasonable goal, the Westerns that inspired Supergirl , the core of Kara Zor-El, her favorite brainwash, and lots more. Dead Pilots Society returns live and on demand Sunday July 12, 3-5pm , at the Elysian Theater in LA! In Dead Pilots Society , scripts that were developed by studios and networks but were never produced are given the table reads they deserve. The July 12 show features Weekly World News by Michael Colton & John Aboud ( Home Economics ) and Fangirl by Claudia Lonow ( How to Live with Your Parents [for the Rest of Your Life] ). Cast includes: Brennan Lee Mulligan ( Dimension 20 ), Alex Moffat ( SNL ; Bad Monkey ), Rich Sommer ( Mad Men ), Jackie Tohn ( Nobody Wants This ), Isabella Roland ( Dimension 20; Sex Lives of College Girls ), Rekha Shankar ( Dimension 20 ; Star Trek: Starfleet Academy ), Fred Melamed ( Barry ), Zac Oyama ( Dimension 20 ), Jessica Lowe ( Minx ), James Adomian ( Krapopolis ), Courtney Pauroso ( Jackass Forever ), and more. GET TICKETS NOW No Notes is Sunday July 19, 7pm , at the Dynasty Typewriter Theater in LA! This is a new staged show in which great pilot…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Blacker

Guest: Ana Nogueira

Topics covered

• writing
• television
• Supergirl
• pitching
• Westerns
• table reads

Keywords

• Ana Nogueira
• Supergirl
• writing assignments
• table reads
• Westerns
• Kara Zor-El

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: Supergirl, Weekly World News, Fangirl, The Survivalists, Suckers

Places: Elysian Theater, LA

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