Our Daily Bread
by Rob Feld
The Daily Show With Jon Stewart satirizes the news. But its writers transform events. Meet the alchemists who make politics palatable.

The Proactive Writer
by Peter Barsocchini
The writer of the High School Musical franchise offers advice.

The End of the Beginning
by Chuck Slocum
Will NBC devolve into MSNBC? Is that the model for the rest of TV?

'Tween A Rocker & A Hard Place
by Rosanne Welch
What’s the matter with kids today? According to the hit TV series Hannah Montana, it’s the same question for adults. These writers enjoy the best of both worlds.

Fixing Damages
by Paul Brownfield
Traverse the treacherous corridors of white-collar crime and legal jeopardy with Damages' Glenn Kessler, Todd A. Kessler, and Daniel Zelman.

Altscreen
by F.X. Feeney
Game writers talk dirty.

Everyone’s Nice in the Meeting
by Richard Stayton
Growing older never looked so inspiring. Listen, learn, and laugh as veteran Larry Gelbart takes lunch with Phil Rosenthal.

Man for All Seasons
by F.X. Feeney
An overdue checkup on a perfect body of work: M*A*S*H, Tootsie, City of Angels, Mastergate, Barbarians at the Gate, And Starring Pancho Villa As Himself, etc…

Pinnacle (.pdf)
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by Larry Gelbart
The maestro’s latest and arguably greatest TV script, the aptly titled Pinnacle.

Milk’s Man
by Richard Stayton
Dustin Lance Black never met assassinated San Francisco supervisor Harvey Milk, but he dedicated years of research to the politician who inspired so many gay men to come out of the closet.

Real Men Load
(A Written By Web-only Exclusive!)
by Jenny Lumet
The Rachel Getting Married writer dishes on one of the most talked about scenes in the film.

Phantom Limb
(A Written By Web-only Exclusive!)
by Clayton Frohman
The story behind the story of Defiance and how the feature film came to be…

New Media Guru
by Lisa Rosen
In every generation, there is a Chosen One. He alone will stand against the conglomerates, the AMPTP, and the forces of darkness. He is Joss Whedon.

Speed Traps: Remembering the Dot-Com Boom
(A Written By Web-only Exclusive!)
by Larry Brody
WGA veteran Larry Brody recounts his fantastic adventures in Webisodeland.

Games Player
by F.X. Feeney
Anne Toole offers a primer on games writing.

Ladies’ Night Out: The Dinner Part II
by Alison Lea Bingeman
A board meeting of the League of Hollywood Women Writers includes superb food and surprising conversations. Learn about inside politics from the new Hollywood Ten.

Does Reality Still Bite?
by Jim Milio & Melissa Jo Peltier
While scribing for The Dog Whisperer, they hear things beyond the reach of most mortal writers.

Casting the Net Wide
by Chuck Slocum
Frontline news from the Netflix war for domination.

Cop Killer
(A Written By Web-only Exclusive!)
by Bill Prady
After seven seasons of kicking ass, Shawn Ryan throws down The Shield and explicates “Mum” from the notorious rape of Captain David Aceveda.

Blood Lust
by Lisa Rosen
Melissa Rosenberg balances script time between Dexter blood baths and teen vampires in Twilight.

A Pound of Flesh
by Steven PriggéGrant Nieporte gains Seven Pounds… and vows not to lose it.

In Search of the Big W
by F.X. Feeney
Stanley Weiser’s prodigious research becomes an epitaph for the George W. Bush presidency. Mission accomplished!

Ho-Mo-Sex-U-Al: A True Story
by Dustin Lance Black
The writer of Milk brings gay politics out of the screenwriting closet.

Roman Redux
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by F.X. Feeney
Question: What do a pubescent girl, Roman Polanski, a judge, and a hot tub have in common? Answer: Wanted and Desired.

Life In Hell & Heaven
by Pamela K. Johnson
No one wanted Gilligan’s Island or The Brady Bunch. But Sherwood Schwartz knew better than the networks.

Burbank Chronicles
by Mark Haskell Smith
We’ll Always Have Burbank: Chapter 6. What writers become when mixing booze and sex and homicide.

UNPRODUCED ANIMATION
Toons can’t get no respect. Perhaps this explains why the six animation scripts for our annual unproduced issue happened to be available. Up, up, and away!

Life In Hell & Heaven
(A Written By Web-only Exclusive!)
by Richard Stayton
More from our conversation with The Simpsons’ creator.

Burbank Chronicles
by Seth Greenland
We’ll Always Have Burbank: Chapter 5. The second time around for our strike-lorn scribe could be Mr. Right.

The Hero’s Journey
by Matt Hoey
Jeff Nathanson on the road to writing Indiana Jones.

No Debate
(A Written By Web-only Exclusive!)
by Nancy Kapitanoff
Danny Strong exposes votergate in HBO’s Recount.

We'll Always Have Burbank, Chapter 3
by Peter Tolan
Chapter 4 of We’ll Always Have Burbank: All’s fair in love and disciplinary hearings.