Scripts & Scribes

We talk to Destiny 2 and Telltale’s The Walking Dead writer and narrative designer Adam Miller about how he made the jump from working in television to video games, the importance of getting a job (any job) within the industry (even if it doesn’t seem to lead to your dream job), what sort of samples […]

We talk to Harvey Girls Forever! showrunner Brendan Hay about his first industry job for The Daily Show, getting a freelance episode as a writer on The Simpsons, the differences between writing animation vs. live action, the future of Harvey Girls Forever!, potential spin-offs and much more.

The Good Place and On My Block writer, Christopher Encell joins the podcast to talk about what he learned as an assistant on various TV shows, working his way from assistant to writer, advice on how to get into network fellowships and why he turned one down once he was accepted and much more.

Literary manager and producer, Chris Cook returns to the podcast to chat about current industry trends, what his dream client is like, the best and most challenging parts of his job and much more.

SyFy’s Van Helsing writer/producers, Matt Venables and Jeremy Smith join the podcast to talk about how their writing partnership works, how they determine a good idea vs. a bad idea, what it was like working as assistants and how it helped their writing/producing, how often they travel from Vancouver to Los Angeles for meetings and […]

Literary manger, producer and co-founder of Black Box Management, Mike Dill returns to the podcast to chat about the logistics of representing screenwriters outside of L.A., when writers should consider a move to Hollywood, what types of things he looks for in potential clients and which screenwriting contests, fellowships and services he takes seriously.   […]

THE ROOKIE writer/producer Ally Seibert joins the podcast to talk about how she got her start, her process of developing a new pilot script, writing solo vs. writing with a partner and much more. Ally Seibert is a writer and producer working in Hollywood after ignoring all of her family and friend’s advice. She most […]

Literary managers A.B. Fischer and Dennis Kim of Literate join the podcast to talk about how the TV and media landscape has changed in the past 10-15 years, their take on producing roles for managers, the best and worst part about being lit reps and much more.

THE LAST SHIP and LEVERAGE writer/producer and JERICHO co-creator Josh Schaer joins the podcast to chat about his process, writer’s block, the glut of TV series revivals and reboots, if he was way ahead of the curve on the post-apocalyptic genre trend with JERICHO and much more. Josh Schaer is one of Hollywood’s tallest screenwriters.  […]

TV writer, writers’ assistant and former showrunner’s asssistant, Brenden Gallagher joins the podcast to talk about the different roles of assistants in TV and ways to break in, the good and bad things he’s seen in script submissions, how he works as an assistant full-time and still making the time to work on his own […]

Literary manager and producer, Adam Kolbrenner of Lit Entertainment joins the show to talk about if a rep is potentially more interested in signing new clients soon after starting a new company, things that aspiring writers who are currently students and those who already have an established non-writing job can do to help their future […]

Pokémon Detective Pikachu screenwriters Dan Hernandez and Benji Samit join the show to talk about what it feels like to have the #1 movie in the world at the box office, if they knew much about the Pokémon world before writing the script, how they approached making the film appealing to both fans and newcomers […]

Literary manager and producer, Rich Freeman of Code Entertainment joins the show to talk about what he looks for in a potential client, what types of referrals are most valuable, if a writer should consider a manager’s client list before querying, how the ongoing WGA/ATA conflict is affecting his clients and business and much more. […]

Producer and co-founder of The Launch screenplay contest, Zachary Green and writer/director and ARE WE THERE YET? creator, Ali LeRoi join the show to talk about their new film THE OBITUARY OF TUNDE JOHNSON, how they see the WGA/ATA standoff, THE LAUNCH million dollar screenplay contest and much more. Zachary Green is an entrepreneur and […]

Lit Manager Scott Carr returns to the Scripts & Scribes podcast to chat about the WGA/ATA standoff, the pros and cons of solo and small management companies, helping clients who may have a lack of confidence and much more.

Bellevue Productions, Lit Manager and Producer, John Zaozirny returns to give a manager’s perspective on the WGA/ATA stand-off, to chat about working with a writer client to develop a self-published novel into a studio film (INFINITE starring Chris Evans, Antoine Fuqua directing for Paramount) and we answer a bunch of common new writer questions.

PARANORMAL ACTIVITY : THE GHOST DIMENSION, THE TAKING OF DEBORAH LOGAN and INSIDIOUS : THE LAST KEY filmmaker Adam Robitel talks about how he got his first film made, why screenwriters should direct, how to make films scarier by keeping characters grounded in reality and much more.   Video Podcast: [embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ouNAdERPB9o[/embedyt]   Audio Podcast:

Jay Faerber, TV writer on CBS’ ZOO and creator of Image Comics series COPPERHEAD and NOBLE CAUSES returns to the podcast to chat about how to break into TV and comics, classic TV show reboots, the 10 (or 57) greatest TV shows of all time and much more.   Video Podcast: [embedyt]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MImheqBQS3A[/embedyt]   Audio Podcast:   […]

REVERIE and EXTANT creator Mickey Fisher joins the podcast to talk about developing his new NBC series REVERIE, advice for staffing and development meetings, why being a decent person can also be good business, what biopic he’d be interested in writing and much more. And please check out REVERIE, Wednesday nights 10/9c on NBC, iTunes, […]

Lit manager Chris Cook of Skyway Entertainment explains things that make a potential client more attractive and red flags that make reps think twice about signing a writer, the ins and outs of staffing season, discrimination facing screenwriters and much more. Video Podcast: [embedyt] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0sSjUdlUEis[/embedyt] Audio Podcast: