Ep298 - Jeffrey Paul King, Creator The CW’s ‘The Republic of Sarah’

Creative Principles

Jeffrey Paul King’s creative pursuits came from an interest in opera at an early age. While in boarding school, he spent time writing and in college, he had a play accepted to the Fringe Festival in Scotland. Then, he moved to LA, worked his way up from being an assistant, and eventually interning at ‘Grey’s Anatomy.’ King’s first gig was on the series ‘Elementary,’ where he worked for seven seasons writing for Johnny Lee Miller (Sherlock Holmes) and Lucy Liu (Dr. Joan Watson). He then wrote a TV movie called ‘Republic of Sarah,’ which he later turned into a series. In ‘The Republic of Sarah,’ the description reads, “Faced with the destruction of her town at the hands of a greedy mining company, rebellious high school teacher Sarah Cooper utilizes an obscure cartographical loophole to declare independence.” In this interview, King talks about various stepping stones in a screenwriter’s education, the logistics of being a writer-producer, how to creatively solve problems, when leaders should follow, his obsession with cartography, intellectually discussing politics through character, and how to deal with premise landmines. If it’s your first time listening, make sure to subscribe and visit my new website for information on the YouTube channel, the blog, this podcast, and my new book ‘Ink by the Barrel’ which takes advice from these 200+ interviews at the link below… Follow us on Instagram: @creativeprinciples If you enjoy the podcast, would you please consider leaving a short review on Apple Podcasts? It only takes about 60-seconds and it really helps convince some of the hard-to-get guests to sit down and have a chat (simply scroll to the bottom on your iTunes Podcast app and click “Write Review"). Enjoy the show!