Inside The Writers Room • Emmy Nominated Showrunners

Another great roundtable amongst TV writers at the top of their game – this time it’s showrunners from some slightly-successful series like “Lost”, “Damages”, “Breaking Bad”, “The Good Wife”, and “Burn Notice”.

Great stuff in this one.

Staff Writing At “Battlestar”

Juliana Weiss-Roessler has been cranking out some sweet TV writer interviews lately over at “Pink Raygun”. And, as usual, I’m all over any article that offers a peek into the writer’s room – let alone one as legendary as the “Battlestar Galactica”.

Nothing super-new in the chat but it’s still good to hear some of the old favorites reinforced – hard work is imperative? Check.

Inside The Writers Room • Roundtable Discussion

I don’t usually read io9′s website because, well, I’m a sci-fi novice. But they posted up an roundtable interview with a crew of staff writers that *everyone* trying to get there should read. (more…)

Inside The Writers Room • “Parks & Recreation”

I love “Parks & Recreation” – the writing is drum-tight and the cast is full of actors who should rightfully be headlining their own shows. Plus Duke Silver? Forget it…

And, while I’m a one-hour kinda guy, I’ll admit to secretly wishing my funny chops were sharp enough to belong in a room like “P&R”. (more…)

Path To Staff Writer

The Bitter Script Reader has a cool series of interviews with a staff writer from “Human Target” about the path he followed to get the job. I *love* stuff like this because it helps demystify the writers room to guys like me who haven’t worked there. Yet.

Interview with JERICHO and HUMAN TARGET’s Robert Levine

Running “Sons of Anarchy”

Another great post from Kurt Sutter about the responsibilities and mechanics of running his brilliant FX series, “Sons of Anarchy”.