The Craft
Writing for Film and Television 2023-2019
March 04, 2022
Powering Forward
Rodney Barnes replays the drive that took him from sleeping in his car to co-writing on HBO’s Winning Time: The Rise of the Lakers Dynasty.
Written by Louise Farr
November 17, 2021
She’s the Boss
Amanda Peet steps behind the camera to co-create the Netflix hit, The Chair, and reveals how a cartoon helped her overcome her insecurities as a writer.
Written by Louise Farr
September 24, 2021
The American Revocation
Justin Chon’s Blue Bayou dramatically elucidates the tragic reality of immigrant children adopted by U.S. families and raised thinking themselves as Americans, only to be deported as adults.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
August 09, 2021
Sex and the Single Black Female
Leigh Davenport recounts how a conversation about Steve Harvey inspired her to create the STARZ hit Run the World and dishes on the racial and sexual politics that simmer beneath the show’s glittery surface.
Written by Louise Farr
July 12, 2021
Kevin and Hell
Kevin Can F**K Himself creator Valerie Armstrong talks about the challenge of writing two shows in one and how she was able to overcome feeling guilty about not writing.
Written by Louise Farr
June 24, 2021
Closed Cases
Mare of Easttown creator Brad Ingelsby delves into the origins of his acclaimed HBO series about a damaged, small-town Pennsylvania police detective trying to solve the mystery of a missing local girl while reckoning with a personal tragedy she’s fought hard to ignore.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
May 06, 2021
Fighting Back
Co-showrunners Christina M. Kim and Robert Berens take on issues of inclusion, representation, and racism in their reboot of the ’70s hit series Kung Fu.
Written by Louise Farr
February 05, 2021
Lessons in Consent
Hannah Fidell’s FX drama A Teacher goes beyond the sensationalism of an illicit teacher-student affair to examine the toll of sexual abuse after the headlines fade.
Written by Paul Brownfield
January 21, 2021
The Way
Jon Favreau on what it took to bring The Mandalorian’s “Baby Yoda” to life, season 2’s stunning season finale, and why, to him, writing is still the hardest—and most rewarding—discipline.
Written by Dylan Callaghan
November 23, 2020
In the Army of the Lord
Ethan Hawke and Mark Richard team up to create The Good Lord Bird, Showtime’s adaptation of James McBride’s irreverent novel about a young freed slave caught up in the murderous escapades of abolitionist John Brown.
Written by Paul Brownfield