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Wild Wild Country: An Interview with the Series' Creators

April 11, 2018

"How did I never know about this?"- It's the first thing most people say when learning about the largest bioterror attack in American history. The affair is now the subject of the immensely popular Netflix documentary series, Wild Wild Country, but i...

Write On with "Outside In" Director and Co-Writer Lynn Shelton

April 11, 2018

Lynn Shelton, known for such films as Humpday and Your Sister’s Sister, talks about breaking into the industry after debuting her first feature at the Slamdance Film Festival, writing unconventional stories from personal experience, and her collabora...

Write On with "Mr. Roosevelt" Writer/Director, Noël Wells

April 4, 2018

Hot off her recent directorial-debut, Noël Wells, who also wrote and starred in her film, Mr. Roosevelt, chats with us about her start in entertainment, finding the essence of characters and her creative process while working on and off set.

Spec Spotlight: Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman Talk Harry’s "All Night Hamburgers"

March 28, 2018

Writing partners Steve Desmond and Michael Sherman recently landed a deal with Warner Bros. Pictures after a bidding war for their feature-film spec, Harry’s All Night Hamburgers, based on the Hugo Award-winning short story Why I Left Harry’s All-Nig...

Write On with "The Party" Writer/Director Sally Potter

March 21, 2018

Writer/director Sally Potter, whose credits include Orlando, Yes and Rage talks about her experiences as an independent filmmaker, her writing process and her new film, The Party

Spec Spotlight: Matt Tente, Screenwriter of "Green Rush"

March 20, 2018

When it comes to drugs, there’s been a complete one-eighty from the harsh mandatory minimum sentencing rules enacted in the 1980s to the booming medical marijuana industry of today. A dealer convicted 20 years ago could be released from prison now to...

Write On with "The 15:17 to Paris" Screenwriter, Dorothy Blyskal

March 13, 2018

The 15:17 to Paris screenwriter, Dorothy Blyskal recently chatted with us about her start as a web series character blogger, going back to school at UCLA Extension's Writers Program while climbing the corporate ladder and how she left the security of...

Write On with WME's Head of Story, Adam Novak

February 23, 2018

Adam Novak is Head of Story at William Morris/Endeavor in addition to being a novelist. His latest book, Freaks of the Industry, explores the angels and demons of Hollywood.

Write On with our 2018 Hall of Fame Award winner, Howard A. Rodman

February 6, 2018

Howard A. Rodman, past President of the Writers Guild, West comes from a family of writers and entertainers; his father was a screenwriter, his mother a script coordinator and his step-mother a soap actress.