TV writing – The Story Department

[Video]: Vince Gilligan interview with Adam Savage

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 04 Mar 2015 02:29:10 +0000

Immediately after the conclusion of Breaking Bad, Adam Savage sits down with showrunner Vince Gilligan to talk about the ‘dumpy little office’, the most crucial elements of showrunning, the chameleon skills of Bryan Cranston, and war stories from the writers room.

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[Video]: Drama Showrunners Roundtable

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 24 Sep 2014 04:00:52 +0000

‘I was talked out of a couple of deaths by the actors, believe it or not…’

Another Hollywood Reporter’s Drama Showrunner’s Roundtable!

Gorgeously shot, a half-dozen of Hollywood’s most accomplished writers sit down for an electric, rapid-fire conversation about the trials and triumphs of TV writing, war stories and speculations on the future of TV.

Featuring:
– Vince Gilligan (Breaking Bad)
– Glen Mazzara (The Walking Dead)
– Terence Winter (Boardwalk Empire, The Sopranos)
– Howard Gordon (Homeland)
– Shonda Rhimes (Grey’s Anatomy)
– Veena Sud (The Killing)

Enjoy!

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[Video]: Vince Gilligan’s Island

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 09 Jul 2014 02:10:30 +0000

Adam Savage sits down with legendary showrunner Vince Gilligan for a gloriously rambling discussion. Why does TV allow you to get to know your characters better than film? Why is it so critical for an ending to be satisfying, rather than happy or clever? And how long did the seven Breaking Bad writers need to break a story?

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[Video]: Craig Wright’s Rite of Writing Right

Jamie Wynen — Wed, 26 Mar 2014 02:02:11 +0000

Craig Wright is another one of those insufferable creative polymaths, having written the screenplay for Hollywood’s latest gamble on the nostalgia dollar, Mr Peabody & Sherman – which has so far surprised everybody by performing quite well. He’s earned his chops over the last decade by writing, producing and directing on a number of successful TV shows like Dirty Sexy Money, Six Feet Under and Underemployed.

In a brief 2008 talk, Wright about the strenuous demands he places on his writers – by asking them to personally invest in their scripts.

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Best of the Web 9 Feb

Jamie Campbell — Sat, 08 Feb 2014 22:33:32 +0000

Story & Structure

:: Down ‘n’ Outlines
:: Ten Key Rules For Writing For TV
:: Screenplay Review – The Lego Movie!
:: Screenplay Review – Nightcrawler
:: 6 Kinds of Story Summaries

Script Perfection

:: 5 Big Screenwriting Mistakes, 5 Big Fixes
:: Scriptnotes, 129: The One with the Guys from Final Draft
:: Things I Am Asked Every Day

Pitching & Selling

:: Spec Script Sales Analysis 2013: First-Timers
:: Using a Spec Pilot to Break into TV Writing
:: Screenwriting Contests
:: TNT, TBS Partnering With The Black List to Scout Fresh TV Writers

Best of the Rest

:: Watch the 2014 Writers Guild Awards
:: Which Superheroes Will Go Down In Defeat?
:: Terence Winter wrote The Wolf of Wall Street
:: Best Non-American TV Shows of the Past Decade
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With thanks to Cameron Pattison.

Jamie Campbell

Jamie Campbell is an author, screenwriter, and television addict.

Jamie is proud to be an Editor for The Story Department.

Her latest series Project Integrate is out now.

jamiecampbell.com.au

[Video]: Bob Nelson – Write Films to Work in TV

Jamie Wynen — Tue, 14 Jan 2014 20:25:51 +0000

‘They get tired of reading The Simpsons and Everybody Loves Raymond. The thing is now they love reading feature scripts in television because it tells you if can write characters and story, and also they’re probably bored out of their minds…’

Screenwriter Bob Nelson got a job in TV by writing a spec script for a feature film – that was made 7 years later as a little $2 million project directed by Alexander Payne. Nebraska (https://www.imdb.com/title/tt1821549/).

If you’re wondering how to get a foot in the door of Hollywood, either in TV or film, you could do a lot worse than half an hour with Bob Nelson.