239: TV Industry Tips - Lessons Learned From Retired Agents Producing, Writing, and Consulting
FBI Retired Case File Review
Jerri Williams
4.6 • 2.1K Ratings
🗓️ 26 August 2021
⏱️ 107 minutes
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Summary
In this episode of FBI Retired Case File Review, I'm sharing everything I’m learning about the TV industry. I want to thank Jim Clemente (timestamp 3:33), Jim Fitzgerald (timestamp 34:37), Bobby Chacon (timestamp 1:04:38), and Scott Garriola (timestamp 1:33:27), all previous guests on FBI Retired Case File Review, for letting me pick their brains about producing, writing and developing stories, and consulting, and for generously sharing their advice with us.
It’s every author’s dream to have their story made into a TV show or movie, and streaming services are looking for creative content to develop. Books have traditionally been an excellent source of materials and now, podcasts are too. I may know about publishing books and producing a podcast, but this TV stuff is a brand new entertainment medium for me. It’s wonderful to know I can call on former colleagues for guidance.
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| 0:00.0 | Welcome to episode 239 of FBI Retired Case File Review with Jerry Williams. |
| 0:13.0 | I'm a retired agent on a mission to show you who the FBI is and what the FBI does. |
| 0:19.6 | Through my books, my blog, and my podcast case reviews with former colleagues. |
| 0:25.3 | Today, well, this episode is not quite a case review, but still very much in line with |
| 0:32.2 | my mission, because part of my mission is to help writers create better FBI crime dramas. |
| 0:39.6 | That's why I wrote FBI myths and misconceptions, a manual for armchair detectives, where |
| 0:45.2 | I provide movie and TV industry tips for writing more authentic FBI characters. |
| 0:52.0 | I think you'll agree that it's practically every author's dream to have their story |
| 0:56.8 | made into a TV show or movie, and streaming services are looking for stories to develop. |
| 1:03.9 | Traditionally, books have been an excellent source of materials, and now, so are podcasts. |
| 1:10.1 | Because of my podcast and FBI myths and misconceptions, last year, I started working as a TV |
| 1:17.4 | technical consultant. |
| 1:19.5 | This year, because of my podcast and my crime novels, I've been working with a team to |
| 1:25.6 | develop and produce a TV drama inspired by my career and family life. |
| 1:32.4 | I have no idea if we'll be successful in selling the project, but the fact that I have |
| 1:38.9 | this opportunity to pitch a potential TV show to studios and networks is absolutely |
| 1:46.6 | mind-blowing. |
| 1:48.6 | Now I've heard with all the TV development deals and movie options floating around |
| 1:54.3 | out there, there's like one to five percent chance that my story will actually make it |
| 2:00.3 | to the big screen, but I am certainly going to have a fun adventure, a blast, trying to |
| 2:08.2 | make it happen. |
| 2:09.6 | But here's the deal. |
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