strong emotional stories

i legitimately asked jonathan groff if he had a photographic memory :) i look vaguely familiar! yes! hahaha. (in 2013 he asked me what my last name was and he might remember) and got to tell kenya bariss how inspiring the black-ish family's dining room conversations are! "every script you get better. not every script is better, you get better. so next time you can connect more strongly with the ball" and chris fedak how much i love chuck (say hi again next time) also specspecspec

Often times the showrunner you’re meeting with are waiting for a pickup or having just heard their pilot has to be overhauled. You have to be the fun part of their day. They want to know that you’re a person they’d like to spend hours with in a writers room.

When we finish the 10th draft of a script I always go through a mental checklist – how does each scene contribute thematically? How does is move forward each and every character? How does it push the A plot? Whatever happened to that side-character?

https://kiyong.wordpress.com/2011/07/18/interview-nora-and-lilla-zuckerman-warner-brothers-writers%E2%80%99-workshop-2009/

find something to be an expert on – the show’s history, or a profession, or a character’s hobby, or whatever – as it provides a clear way to participate in the discussion and can really help the process.

https://kiyong.wordpress.com/2013/10/22/interview-sam-miller-writers-assistant/ http://deadline.com/2015/04/white-boy-problems-ice-cube-blackish-kenya-barris-alex-barnow-new-line-mgm-1201412958/