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3 Writing Lessons from 'Orphan Black: Echoes' Showrunner Anna Fishko

June 20, 2024

Who doesn't love a story identity, mysterious pasts, and...4D-printed body parts? Anna Fishko, showrunner and Executive Producer of sci-fi thriller Orphan Black: Echoes, pulls out all the stops in this expansion of the Orphan Black world, twisting pe...

How ‘Colin From Accounts’ Writers Craft a Hilarious TV Pilot

June 12, 2024

A dog. A nipple. A piece of human poop. This may not sound like a recipe for a great romantic sitcom, but with sizzling natural chemistry between the two leads, Colin From Accounts may be the funniest streaming show.

4 Things ‘The Acolyte’ Can Teach You About Screenwriting

June 7, 2024

With 4.8 million views in one day, the latest Star Wars installment, The Acolyte, is Disney’s biggest streaming launch of 2024. And as a lifelong Star Wars enthusiast, I can see why.

Bricks of Breaking In: 'The Flash' Writer Eric Wallace on Adaptability

May 3, 2024

Known as a go-to writer for genre, showrunner Eric Wallace’s journey into television started as a 6-year-old really into horror movies, Godzilla and Frankenstein. That passion has taken him from fun childhood filmmaking to show running. Wallace recal...

Write On: 'Avatar: The Last Airbender' Showrunner and Executive Producer Albert Kim

February 28, 2024

“I would encourage anyone to lean into the specificity of their personal experience [when it comes to writing]. I mean, we're at a time now, fortunately, where everyone is more open to those kinds of stories… Look at something like Beef. The specific...

Write On: 'Masters of the Air' Co-Executive Producer and Writer John Orloff

February 18, 2024

“I always go back to theme. Why are you writing this story? What is that final couple of minutes of the movie and what do you want the audience to feel? I kind of always build backward from that in some ways. In a movie, how do I make the 118 minutes...

Write On: 'Lawmen: Bass Reeves' Showrunner Chad Feehan

February 5, 2024

The Bricks of Breaking In: FBI: International Writer Kristina Thomas on Trusting the Process

February 5, 2024

FBI: International writer Kristina Thomas related her path into writing television to the famous image of a straight line to get you where you need to compare with the reality of a line all balled, jumbled, and twirled around that eventually gets you...

Write On: 'Silo' Showrunner Graham Yost

December 15, 2023

“It really comes down to scene work. Do these characters pop? Is this fun to read? Is it fun to imagine what’s going to happen next? When you get to the end of that pilot do you want to find out what’s going to happen in the next episode? It’s all of...