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The Story Series Podcast with Brandon Violette (Creativity, Careers, Personal Growth)"The Rule I Break" - 10 Guests, 10 Answers10 guests. 10 answers. 1 powerful question: “What’s a rule in your industry you don't follow or believe in?” In this bonus episode, we revisit the answers from the last 10 guests - a mix of showrunners, startup founders, fitness experts, and creative disruptors - each offering their own raw, unfiltered take on the rules they’ve chosen to break. From ignoring screenwriting “don’ts” to saying no to gigs that don’t align with your life to tossing out the 10,000-hour myth - this is a masterclass in risk-taking, reinvention, and rewriting the rules. ⚠️ Warning: This episode may incre...2025-07-2820 min
The Story Series Podcast with Brandon Violette (Creativity, Careers, Personal Growth)The Making of a Showrunner | Rick SuvalleRick Suvalle is a writer, producer and showrunner known for creating and producing DreamWorks’ "Dew Drop Diaries" and Mattel’s "Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!" and for his work as Head Writer/Story Editor on Amazon’s Emmy-nominated animated series "The Stinky & Dirty Show". Other recent credits include five television movie premieres including the Hallmark Channel Original Movie "Campfire Kiss" and the Syfy Original Movies "The Hollow" and "Roadkill". Rick’s work spans animation and live action, with a career that includes writing for top studios and networks across kids and family entertainment. Learn more about Rick: https...2025-05-261h 19
The One Weird Job... A Screenwriting PodcastRick Suvalle Was a Telemarketer For A Dating ServiceFilm and television writer RICK SUVALLE (Dew Drop Diaries, Thomas & Friends: All Engines Go!) joins Alyssa to talk about the time he was a telemarketer for a dating service. Rick tells us about cold calling people and asking if they needed a date, trying out different accents on calls for fun, and how he found his way from writing Syfy and Hallmark Channel Original Movies to writing for children’s animation.Music:https://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/music.htmlVibing over venus"Vibing Over Venus" Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.co...2024-12-3134 min
No Limits PodcastEpisode 34: A conversation with the visionaries who wrote Bruno on Thomas & Friends: All Engines GoThe series follows the adventures of a now child-aged Thomas and the other engines in his age group, as they learn many life lessons and solve problems while going around on their daily lives doing jobs with help from each other and the other residents and visitors of the island.Rick Suvalle began writing the character of Bruno who happens to have Autism. He was the Producer and Story Editor for Mattel at the time. He currently is the executive producer for Dreamworks and has a brand new series coming out in the spring.Craig Carlisle is currently...2022-12-141h 04
Typin' ToonsEp 7 - Becoming a Story Editor with Rick SuvalleBig thanks to Rick for coming on!You can follow Rick on Twitter @RickSuvallePlease email us with any questions or future episode topic suggestions at typintoons(AT)gmail(DOT)com, or shoot us a message @typintoons on Twitter or InstagramAs always, our music and logo are by Kirk AdolphThanks for listening!
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