Lucinda Halpern is a literary agent with over 15 years experience, and the founder of Lucinda Literary, based in New York. Prior to founding her agency, she worked in the Publicity division of HarperCollins, where she assisted on the media campaign for Freakonomics among other New York Times bestsellers. She later worked as a marketing consultant f…

Originally released as Ep 96.Gary Whitta is a Screenwriter, Author, Comic Book Writer, and Video Game Writer. His works include Rogue One: A Star Wars Story, Star Wars Rebels, The Book of Eli, After Earth (which he co-wrote with M. Night Shyamalan), Telltale Games’ The Walking Dead, Marvel’s The Last Jedi comic book adaption, and Abomination, Gary’…

Originally released as Ep 23.Writer Experience による

Originally released as Ep 32.Dorian Karchmar is a literary agent at William Morris Endeavor (WME).Writer Experience による

Peter Katz is a manager and producer, and CEO of the management / production company Story Driven, where he supports the vision of writers and directors for film, TV and emerging mediums. Most recently he sold the short story I AM NOT ALONE by his client Chris Hicks to Netflix, with Jessica Chastain starring.…

Originally released as Ep 4.Alan Dean Foster is a writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series and more than 130 standalone novels. Alan’s works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, which was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original …

Originally released as Ep 11.Updated Description:Mike Zagari was the principal figure at AMC Networks Publishing involved in bringing in Kelly Sue DeConnick, Bill Sienkiewicz, Brenden Fletcher, Tula Lotay, Kirk Hammett, Christine Norrie, Cecil Castellucci, and others to the new planned comic book publishing line, that intended to work with establis…

Originally released as Ep 44.Beth Schwartz is the Showrunner and Executive Producer of CW's Arrow. She has also written for Legends of Tomorrow, Heart of Dixie, Brothers and Sisters, and What About Brian. Intro with Alan Dean Foster, a writer of fantasy and science fiction. His works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded …

Originally released as Ep 86.We went through our interviews with 4 literary agents for insights about the Query Letter process, and edited together their answers by question.Erin Niumata is SVP at Folio Literary Management.Marlo Berliner is an Associate Agent at The Jennifer De Chiara Literary Agency.Andrea Morrison is a Literary Agent at Writers H…

Originally released as Ep 114.Gamal Hennessy is a comic book attorney and business consultant with more than two decades of experience. He is currently wrapping up a Kickstarter for his upcoming book The Business of Independent Comic Book Publishing, which is a comprehensive and easy-to-understand overview of the business of comic book publishing. …

For our 175th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 151-174 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from industry professionals for Star Wars, Marvel, Disney+, Netflix, etc.Writer Experience による

Originally released as Ep 54.Vivian Lee is a TV Writer for Netflix's Cowboy Bebop, Lost in Space, and The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance.https://twitter.com/TheViv86Writer Experience による

Peter Cameron is a screenwriter and producer who has worked on projects for such studios as Marvel Studios, Amazon Originals, and Netflix. For Marvel Studios, Peter's credits include Executive Story Editor and Writer on WandaVision, for which he was nominated for a writing Emmy, Writer and Producer on Moon Knight, and Co-writer and Consulting Produ…

Jonathan Kasdan is a film and television screenwriter, director, producer, and actor. His film work includes writing and directing In the Land of Women and The First Time, as well as writing and co-producing Solo: A Star Wars Story. For TV, Jonathan was a writer for Freaks and Geeks and Dawson’s Creek. His newest project, the TV series Willow, for …

Sofya Levitsky-Weitz is a Brooklyn and LA-based TV writer and playwright.For TV, she was a writer for FX's critically acclaimed The Bear and Hulu's The Dropout, and a writer for Starz's Gaslit.As a playwright, her plays include this party sucks (on the 2019 Kilroy's List), Cannabis Passover (PWC Playlabs, 2021-2 finalist for the O’Neill Playwrights…

NEW EPISODE! Hannah Moscovitch is a Canadian playwright who rose to national prominence in the 2000s. She is best known for her plays East of Berlin, This Is War, Old Stock: A Refugee Love Story, and Sexual Misconduct of the Middle Classes, for which she received the 2021 Governor General's Award for English-language drama.Her newest project, AMC's…

Originally released as Ep 38.Jonathan Frakes is the Director of Star Trek: First Contact, Star Trek: Insurrection, episodes of several Star Trek TV series, and The Orville, Producer of The Librarians and Roswell, and an Actor best known for his portrayal of Commander William T. Riker in Star Trek: The Next Generation and its subsequent films.https:…

Originally released as Ep 123.Danny Rubin is a screenwriter and playwright. He co-wrote with Harold Ramis the screenplay for Groundhog Day, for which the two received a BAFTA Award for Best Screenplay. He received a B.A. in biology from Brown University and a M.A. in radio, television, and film from Northwestern University. Danny has taught screenw…

Recorded on March 10, 2022.Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series by Andrzej Sapkowski. The Witcher S1 and S2 are among the top 5 Netflix shows of all time.Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as well as …

Zoe Whittall is the author of the Giller-shortlisted The Best Kind of People, the Lambda-winning Holding Still for As Long As Possible, and her debut, Bottle Rocket Hearts. She has published three collections of poetry: The Best Ten Minutes of Your Life, Precordial Thump, and The Emily Valentine Poems. Her writing has appeared in Granta, Cosmonauts…

Originally released as Ep 82.L.L. McKinney is the author of the Nightmare-Verse books, an urban fantasy re-telling of Alice in Wonderland, starring a Black Alice, starting with the A BLADE SO BLACK trilogy (A Blade So Black, A Dream So Dark, A Crown so Cursed), and an upcoming graphic novel for DC Comics featuring Nubia, Wonder Woman’s twin sister.…

Robert is an award-winning journalist, television writer, and the bestselling author of many books, including supernatural and historical thrillers, The Night Crossing, The Romanov Cross, and The Einstein Prophecy (a #1 bestseller in the Amazon Kindle store).His latest book, the second and revised edition of "Robert's Rules of Writing: 111 Unconven…

Sara Nestor is a motion picture literary agent at Verve Talent and Literary Agency.Writer Experience による

Originally released as Ep 10.Ed Brisson is a Marvel exclusive writer for Iron Fist, Old Man Logan, and Extermination.https://www.twitter.com/edbrissonWriter Experience による

Dean Koontz is the author of eighty NewYork times bestsellers, fourteen of which were #1. His books have sold over five hundred million copies worldwide, a figure that increases by more than seventeen million copies per year, his work is published in thirty-eight languages, and The Times (of London) has called him a “literary juggler.” He was born …

Julio Anta is a writer based in New York City. Raised in Miami, in a Cuban and Colombian family, Julio strives to tell narratively rich stories about diverse and empowered Latinx characters for Adult, Young Adult, and Middle Grade readers.His debut comic book series, HOME, is out now, courtesy of Image Comics.Julio’s forthcoming work includes FRONT…

Murr is a writer, executive producer, and actor, best known as "Murr" on the hit television show Impractical Jokers on truTV. Originally from Staten Island, he now lives in Princeton NJ with his wife and puppy.Darren Wearmouth is a bestselling author and co-author of many novels, including Critical Strike and Fast Forward. He is a member of the Int…

Originally released as Ep 39.Rodney Barnes is a Screenwriter and Producer who has written and produced The Boondocks, My Wife and Kids, Everybody Hates Chris, Those Who Can't, Marvel's Runaways, Starz' American Gods, Co-Executive Producer of Hulu's Wu-Tang: An American Saga, and Comic Book Writer of Lion Forge's Quincredible.…

David Jimenez-Katsman and Katrina Escudero are managers and producers at Sugar23, a newly formed management group founded in 2017 by Academy Award®-winning manager-producer Michael Sugar.Writer Experience による

Howard Kazanjian is a film producer whose career spans 50 years. He has collaborated with Hollywood legends such as Alfred Hitchcock, Billy Wilder, Sam Peckinpah, Steven Spielberg, and George Lucas, and worked on such classics as The Empire Strikes Back, Raiders of the Lost Ark, and Return of the Jedi. Howard was also Vice President of Lucasfilm, L…

Mikki Daughtry and Tobias Iconis are screenwriting partners and the co-writers of Five Feet Apart, The Curse of La Llorona, and the new Netflix film, NIGHTBOOKS, a live action feature film based on the book of the same name. The movie version of All This Time is currently in development and Mikki and Tobias have many more projects that are in the w…

Originally released as Ep 85.Lauren S. Hissrich is the Creator, Executive Producer, and Showrunner of the Netflix original series The Witcher, based on the book series Andrzej Sapkowski, which was recently reported as being the most in-demand TV show in the world. Previously, Lauren has written scripts for TV including The West Wing and Justice, as…

Daniel Joshua Rubin is a multimedia writer and founder of Story 27 in Evanston, Illinois, a writing studio that provides consulting and education to storytellers in all media. He has written for television (NBC, the WB); new media (The Motley Fool, National Lampoon); and theater (with plays produced at Steppenwolf in Chicago, off-Broadway in NYC, a…

Fin Kennedy is an award-winning playwright, teacher, and university tutor whose plays are regularly produced in the UK and abroad. He specializes in writing for youth and marginalized communities and also teaches, blogs, campaigns, fundraises and dramaturgs other writers, with a particular focus on young people’s projects in London’s East End. His …

Travis M. Andrews is an author and staff writer for the Washington Post's style section, where he covers internet, pop culture, and the ways we live now. Previously, he was an associate travel and culture editor for Southern Living and a contributing pop culture reporter for Mashable and The Week. He has also written for Time, Esquire, GQ, and the …

For our 150th episode, we compiled the best advice from episodes 126-149 into one "Secrets of Writing" episode, with insights from industry professionals for Star Wars, HBO, Netflix, etc.Writer Experience による

Vincent Lin is a filmmaker and founder of Valiant Pictures, a production company based in New York City. He recently placed as a top 50 semifinalist in the Academy Nicholl Fellowship and he’s a judge for the NYU Purple List. Valiant Pictures is actively developing content from short films to feature films to episodic to commercial advertising.…

Kevin and Matthew McManus are filmmakers and tv writers whose works include The Block Island Sound, American Vandal, Funeral Kings, Cobra Kai, 13 Cameras, and more. They write as a duo and are also brothers.The Block Island Sound released on Netflix on March 11, which they wrote, directed, and produced.https://www.netflix.com/title/81354464https://…

Mason Engel is a writer and filmmaker from Columbus, Indiana. Mason's short film, Amends, earned 3rd place in the Broadcast Education Association Film Festival and was accepted into the prestigious Hollywood Florida Film Festival. Mason is also very passionate about community involvement and has spoken at Hope Elementary School for Read Across Amer…

Precious Brady Davis is truly a renaissance woman. You may recognize her name from being the first Trans bride on TLC’s Say Yes to The Dress, but she was trailblazing for years before that: promoting diversity advocacy, LGBTQ rights, environmental justice and more.An award-winning diversity advocate, communications professional, and public speaker,…

Theresa Rebeck is a prolific and widely produced playwright, whose work can be seen and read throughout the United States and abroad. Her fourth Broadway play premiered on Broadway in 2018, making Rebeck the most Broadway-produced female playwright of our time. Other Broadway works include Dead Accounts; Seminar and Mauritius. Other notable NY and …

Isabella Mastrodicasa is a producer and a talent manager representing digital storytellers at Heroes and Villains Entertainment.https://www.instagram.com/isabellamastrodicasaWriter Experience による

Alan Dean Foster is a writer of fantasy and science fiction, who has written several book series and more than 130 standalone novels. Alan’s works include Splinter of the Mind’s Eye, the first Star Wars Expanded Universe novel, which was originally written to be filmed as a low-budget sequel to Star Wars if the original film was not a success, the …

David Boxerbaum is a partner and literary agent at Verve Talent & Literary Agency.Writer Experience による

Greg Russo is the screenwriter of the new MORTAL KOMBAT film, which opened Friday, April 23rd, as well as the upcoming films Saints Row, Space Invaders, and Death Note 2. MORTAL KOMBAT recently broke the record for most Red Band trailer views in a week, dethroning Deadpool.https://twitter.com/WriterRusso…

Chris Enss is an author and screenwriter who has written more than 20 books on the subject of women in the Old West, and has collaborated with producer Howard Kazanjian on seven books, including two about Roy Rogers and Dale Evans. Chris has won 5 Will Rogers Medallion Award, 2 Academy of Western Artists Elmer Kelton Award, and the Western Writers …

Jermaine Johnson and Ari Lubet are managers and producers at 3 Arts Entertainment.Writer Experience による

Ep 138 - "Overcoming Writer's Block During Quarantine Pt 2" by Writer ExperienceWriter Experience による

Alex London writes books for adults including One Day The Soldiers Came: Voices of Children in Warm, children including Dog Tags series and An Accidental Adventure series, and teens including Proxy. At one time a journalist who traveled the world reporting from conflict zones and refugee camps, he is now a full time novelist living in Philadelphia.…

Kate Hope Day is the author of If, Then and the upcoming novel, In the Quick. She holds a BA from Bryn Mawr College and a PhD in English from the University of Pittsburgh and was an associate producer at HBO. The television rights for If, Then sparked a heated auction, which Heyday Films, the creator of the Harry Potter movies and Gravity, eventual…