The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2014
April 18, 2014
Finding Transcendence
Jack Paglen channels an actor’s tool set into a story about Artificial Intelligence.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
April 11, 2014
Fargo Regained
How does one begin to reimagine a film classic like the Coen brothers’ Fargo for television? For novelist and new showrunner Noah Hawley, the answer was in a name.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
April 04, 2014
Just Like Magic
On the heels of their Sundance Grand Jury Prize winner Like Crazy, Ben York Jones & Drake Doremus get all grown up with an adult tale of untenable love and shattered middle-aged dreams in the new drama Breathe In.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
March 28, 2014
Making Forrest Run
Andy Daly, star of Comedy Central’s new mockumentary series Review, outlines the rules to writing his character Forrest MacNeil, a critic who rates life experiences like addiction, racism, and making a sex tape with dark and entertaining results.
Written by Denis Faye
March 14, 2014
Life After Mars
Rob Thomas talks about how Veronica Mars’ stunningly successful, record-breaking Kickstarter campaign affected his creative approach to the big screen adaptation of his TV cult classic.
Written by Denis Faye
March 07, 2014
It Girl
Lena Dunham’s rocket launch into the pop cultural heavens has left a trail of both admirers and detractors in her wake, but love, hate, or envy her, the acclaimed writer-director-star of Girls has shown she's got skills.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
February 28, 2014
Red’s Black Heart
The Blacklist’s Jon Bokenkamp describes the largest difference between writing features and TV and what makes a murderous psychopath such as James Spader’s “Red” Reddington so likeable.
Written by Denis Faye
February 14, 2014
A Love Letter to the Lost
The sudden, tragic death of Akiva Goldsman's wife paralyzed the Oscar winner, but a passion project helped him find his way back to writing—his deeply felt adaptation of the novel Winter's Tale.
Written by Todd Aaron Jensen
January 31, 2014
Black Diamond
Novelist Nic Pizzolatto makes use of his outsider’s perspective to bring a fresh depth to HBO’s new hit series True Detective, a darkly existential crime drama featuring Matthew McConaughey and Woody Harrelson.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
January 17, 2014
An Orange By Any Other Name
Jenji Kohan addresses racial stereotypes on Orange Is the New Black and offers her opinion on whether the new world of binge-watching streaming content will affect how shows are written.
Written by Dylan Callaghan