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Write On with Emergence Creators Tara Butters & Michele Fazekas

October 1, 2019

Emergence creators & showrunners Tara Butters and Michele Fazekas discuss their approach to writing the show, their influences while developing it, their work on previous shows and more.

Spec Spotlight: Meredith Dawson Sells Spec to Universal, Paul Feig to Produce

September 27, 2019

Screenwriter Meredith Dawson is hoping to reignite the romantic comedy genre with the recent sale of her spec script, When Michael Met Carrie…and Other People. Universal Pictures snapped up the script, which will also be directed by Dawson, with Paul...

New Workshops Provide Tools + Experience for Female and Diverse Screenwriters

September 26, 2019

There’s a new organization in Hollywood offering workshops for writers with diverse backgrounds looking to break into the television industry. The Writers Room 5050 was created by award-winning writer-director-producer Evette Vargas, and actress-prod...

Write On With 2018 Big Break Winner Myles Reid

September 25, 2019

2018 Big Break Television Winner Myles Reid discusses his winning script 'Scattershot', how he first got into storytelling, his writing process and much more.

Rising Through the Ranks: Sarah Crosthwaite

September 25, 2019

The Bricks of Breaking in: Tips on Breaking in From Emmy-Nominated Writers

September 20, 2019

Photo credit: Michaell Lynn Jones Just like there are so many directions you can take a story, there are also many different paths to take when breaking in as a writer. The one common theme, whatever road you go, is that developing a career as a tele...

Rising Through the Ranks: Rachel Taff

September 18, 2019

"At the end of the day, there is no straight path."

Hope Across Time, Space and Violence: Jacob Estes on 'Don't Let Go'

September 12, 2019

Don’t Let Go, a new thriller from the producers of Get Out, centers around a series of phone calls a man receives from his niece following her death. In a context that bends space and time, the film explores our ability to change the future. Though l...

Vida' Writers Weigh In On What It’s Like To Be Part Of the Groundbreaking Show

September 11, 2019

In Hollywood, among writers’ rooms that have looked the same for generations, is a first-of-its-kind room full of purpose and identity. The Starz drama Vida about two Mexican-American siblings from East Los Angeles is in production on its third seaso...