Jeff Melvoin is - for lack of a better word - a legend in TV. He's an award-winning television writer, producer, showrunner, and educator who has written dozens and produced hundreds of one-hour episodes on over a dozen television series. He's also the founder and chair of the Writers Guild of America's Showrunner Training Program, now entering its 19th year.
Jeff's incredible book RUNNING THE SHOW, the focus of our convo today, is part memoir, part playbook, and part cheat sheet all about TV writing, from staff writer all the way to showrunner. It's a must read.
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155 | 6 Essential Strategies To Tackle a Rewrite
154 | How To Prioritize Multiple Projects As A Writer (ft. Ted Hope)
153 | Is My Script Ready To Send To Producers? (ft. Ted Hope)
152 | The Movies That Made Us Writers
151 | Rethinking Screenplay Structure w/ The Nutshell Technique (ft. Jill Chamberlain)
150 | How To Say Yes To Yourself as a Writer (ft. Showrunners Kat Likkel and John Hoberg)
149 | Moving On and the Wisdom of Stephen Sondheim
148 | Jodie Foster on Building Truthful Characters
147 | Elemental Co-Writer Brenda Hsueh On Balancing Comedy and Drama In Our Writing
146 | Screenwriting/Storytelling Archetypes: Using and Subverting Them (ft. Jessica Bendinger)
145 | Our Biggest Lessons From Being On Set (Pt. 2)
144 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter (Pt. 3)
143 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter (Pt. 2)
142 | Where To Begin As A Screenwriter
141 | Television Writing Foundations w/ Javier Grillo-Marxauch
140 | Writing/Producing Audio Dramas (And Avoiding Gatekeepers) w/ Susan Busa Leshner
139 | Body Awareness: A New Way To Think About Our Writing (ft. Karyn Kusama)
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138 | Your WGA Strike Questions Answered By Negotiating Committee Members Michele Mulroney and David A. Goodman
137 | Stranger Things Writer/Producer Curtis Gwinn on Navigating The Writers Room
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