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  • Doug Mand: “Ideas are never dead. Keep writing.”
    November 28, 2025

    Doug Mand: “Ideas are never dead. Keep writing.”

  • Sean Collins-Smith: “I got staffed with that first script that I wrote in the back of that news van.”
    January 13, 2025

    Sean Collins-Smith: “I got staffed with that first script that I wrote in the back of that news van.”

  • Alex Convery: “The most important thing is to understand your character’s journey.”
    December 17, 2024

    Alex Convery: “The most important thing is to understand your character’s journey.”

  • Max Borenstein: “Once you have two things, you have a line.”
    November 17, 2023

    Max Borenstein: “Once you have two things, you have a line.”

  • Greg Kwedar: “If I could only make one more film, what would it be?”
    November 14, 2023

    Greg Kwedar: “If I could only make one more film, what would it be?”

  • Amy Talkington: “I jumped in a cab, we went downtown…”
    November 3, 2023

    Amy Talkington: “I jumped in a cab, we went downtown…”

  • Lee Eisenberg: “Take your characters outside your show.”
    November 1, 2023

    Lee Eisenberg: “Take your characters outside your show.”

  • “Writing is not a place to disappear.”
    November 1, 2023

    “Writing is not a place to disappear.”

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