Here is the pecking order of TV writing staff: SHOWRUNNER / EXECUTIVE PRODUCER- is the CEO of a roughly $100 million operation. He/she hires writers, production staff, editors, deals with networks, ad… more →
Gideon's Screenwriting Tips: So Now You're a Screenwriter...wrote 4 weeks ago: Dan Harmon – Creator of NBC’s Community The balance between collaboration and creativity … more →
wrote 1 month ago: Saturday was simply an amazing day for Sue and I, being able to attend the TSC. Not only from being … more →
wrote 2 months ago: Talk about coming late to the party. Over a month after news broke about Scott M. Gimple would repla … more →
wrote 2 months ago: The Walking Dead is back!!! Well it’s been back for a couple of weeks now but as I’ve be … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I saw Goldie’s fabulous and informative tweets while she received writer submissions, and aske … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I’ve been doing this blog for over a year now, but this is the very first time I’ve taken a request. … more →
wrote 3 months ago: What happens when you are hired to write a story, then you discover you are writing to settle a cock … more →
wrote 3 months ago: I think Community is probably one of the most genius shows ever made. It capitalizes on the intertex … more →
wrote 4 months ago: So, there we have it. Scott M. Gimple has been announced as the new showrunner of The Walking Dead a … more →
wrote 4 months ago: A few weeks after Glen Mazzara stepped down from being the showrunner for The Walking Dead televisio … more →
wrote 5 months ago: In a statement Friday announcing the show’s pickup – all but a foregone conclusion, given its record … more →
wrote 5 months ago: The Walking Dead Season 4 Confirmed, Mazzara AMC Part Ways There is still half of Season 3 to go, an … more →
wrote 7 months ago: Men are often labeled as smart, handsome and funny. Women get labeled as smart, pretty and nice. If … more →
wrote 8 months ago: Vanessa Garcia by Vanessa Garcia How do we make a life in the theater in the twenty-first century w … more →
wrote 8 months ago: A talk with TV showrunner Nancy Miller You may want to read the first two articles in the Hollywood … more →
wrote 9 months ago: Dear Nick, Get your fucking act together and do…shit. Stuff. Things. Things of value. I need s … more →
wrote 10 months ago: With Dan Harmon leaving, most of us Community fans felt as if we were stranded in the middle of a la … more →
wrote 11 months ago: When Awkward.—which I cover for The A.V. Club, and which returns on Thursday at 10:30/9:30c on MTV—m … more →
wrote 11 months ago: Fans of AMC hit series The Walking Dead: I hope you will enjoy and learn as much from this master cl … more →