{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"Write On: Peter Katz - Manager & Producer, Story Driven","description":"\u201cSameness is terrible. Your goal is to cut through it. If you have a unique perspective, you\u2019re going to take vampires or anything that everybody thinks they know and do it in a way that\u2019s really exciting and gets people really pumped up about it. There are all these incredible worlds to explore, but there just needs to be somebody that can take you there that has a different way of doing it\u2026 I want to see creators that offer something specific and unique. Specificity is key to me. I don\u2019t want a cover band. I don\u2019t want people covering what has been before. I want to see something new. I want to see a badass band with a new singer or new lyrics, a new style of music,\u201d says Peter Katz, founder of Story Driven, a literary management and production company.  On today\u2019s episode, we speak to Peter Katz, a manager and producer championing writers with fresh, unique voices who are forging new ground. We talk about what he looks for in a writing sample, why he loves being a judge in Final Draft\u2019s Big Break screenplay competition, and why short stories are having a bright moment in the film industry.  \u201cRecently, I\u2019ve actually seen TV executives starting to think about short stories as a foundation for potential shows. It\u2019s a really effective way to communicate an idea quickly, in a really conceptual way, but also, it\u2019s not like a pitch. It\u2019s very tonal. You have character perspective and you have the style that the author brings to it. So I think it has a really unique marriage between pitching the concept, but also immersing you in a world in a very short period of time. That\u2019s why I think it\u2019s been effective in selling to a market, because you could share a short story with somebody and it doesn\u2019t demand a lot of time. If it\u2019s developed properly, you\u2019re able to learn about the potential of this project and then quickly share with somebody else on your team. And overnight, a lot of people can sign on to a project because it doesn\u2019t take as long as other mediums,\u201d says Katz.  To hear more about Katz\u2019s perspective on the industry and what he looks for in a writer\u2019s voice, listen to the podcast.   ","author_name":"Write On: A Screenwriting Podcast","author_url":"https:\/\/www.finaldraft.com","html":"