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Working screenwriters discuss in their own words a particular aspect of screenwriting, from the mechanics of writing to the personal and professional impact that writing has had on their lives

02/05/10 — "Reel Life: Daddy Longlegs' Josh and Ben Safdie," by Jenelle Riley

01/15/10 — "Swords, Sandals, and Swearing: Spartacus: Blood and Sand's Steven S. DeKnight," by David Wharton

01/08/10 — "Oh Baby, You're So Vicious: The Vicious Kind's Lee Toland Krieger," by Adam Stovall

12/18/09 — "Black Christmas: CS Weekly Has a Holiday Chat With Shane Black," by Peter Clines

12/04/09 — "A Fine Time: Everybody's Fine Writer-Director Kirk Jones," by Jenelle Riley

11/20/09 — "Trouble-Maker: Women in Trouble's Sebastian Gutierrez," by Adam Stovall

10/23/09 — "Deep Thoughts: The Canyon's Steve Allrich," by Peter Clines

10/09/09 — "Two-Hander: Peter and Vandy's Jay DiPietro," by Jenelle Riley

10/02/09 — "Not Your Ordinary Love Story: Capitalism: A Love Story's Michael Moore," by Adam Stovall

08/28/09 — "Save the (Bob)cat: World's Greatest Dad's Bobcat Goldthwait," by Jenelle Riley

08/07/09 — "In Dreams: Cold Souls' Sophie Barthes," by Jenelle Riley

07/31/09 — "All the Answers: The Answer Man's John Hindman," by Elizabeth Rivera

07/17/09 — "Rockford Revisited: Leverage's Chris Downey and John Rogers," by David Michael Wharton

06/19/09 — "For a Few Dollars More: $9.99's Etgar Keret and Tatia Rosenthal," by Adam Stovall

06/13/09 — "By the Numbers: Pelham 1 2 3's Brian Helgeland," by Jenelle Riley

06/05/09 — "Dark Side of the Moon: Moon's Nathan Parker," by David Michael Wharton

05/22/09 — "Easier Said Than Done: Easy Virtue's Stephan Elliott," by Peter Clines

05/15/09 — "Odd Man Out: O'Horten's Bent Hamer," by Jenelle Riley

05/08/09 — "Before They Were...: Screenwriter Survival Stories," by Peter Clines

05/01/09 — "Secondary Mutation: Mutant Chronicles' Philip Eisner," by David Michael Wharton

04/03/09 — "Geek Love: Bart Got a Room's Brian Hecker," by Jenelle Riley

03/20/09 — "Sparkling Words: Sunshine Cleaning's Megan Holley," by Peter Clines

03/06/09 — "Crystal Method: Breaking Bad's Vince Gilligan," by Jason Davis and David Michael Wharton

02/27/09 — "American Dreamer: Crossing Over's Wayne Kramer," by Jenelle Riley

12/12/08 — "Life's Rich Christmas Pageant: Nothing Like the Holidays' Rick Najera," by Sarah Skilton

11/21/08 — "No Time Out: 24's Howard Gordon," by Jason Davis

11/07/08 — "Looking Past the Lines: The Boy in the Striped Pajamas's Mark Herman," by Peter Clines

10/24/08 — "Relating to Real: Good Dick's Marianna Palka," by Jason Davis

10/17/08 — "Following a Clear Vision: Eli Stone's Marc Guggenheim," by Peter Clines

10/10/08 — "Put Your Pencils Down: Happy-Go-Lucky's Mike Leigh," by Peter Clines

10/03/08 — "Out of Time: Life on Mars' Scott Rosenberg," by Jason Davis

09/19/08 — "The British Are Coming: Matt Lucas & David Walliams on Little Britain USA," by Jason Davis

09/12/08 — "Two for Two: Righteous Kill's Russell Gewirtz," by David Michael Wharton

08/29/08 — "Making the Final Cut: Rogue's Gallery's Brian Watanabe," by Peter Clines

08/22/08 — "A Quirky Character: Monk's Andy Breckman," by Jason Davis

08/15/08 — "Playing in George's Sandbox: Clone Wars' Henry Gilroy, Steve Melching, and Scott Murphy," by David Michael Wharton

08/08/08 — "'Just Keep Writing': Red's Stephen Susco," by Elizabeth Rivera

08/01/08 — "Making It Count: Swing Vote's Joshua Michael Stern," by Peter Clines

07/25/08 — "Co-Conspirators: Vince Gilligan and John Shiban Remember The X-Files," by Jason Davis

06/20/08 — "Taking Another Hit: Weeds' Jenji Kohan," by Jason Davis

06/06/08 — "Viral Marketing: The Andromeda Strain's Robert Schenkkan," by Peter Clines

05/30/08 — "Truth Is Stranger Than Fiction: Stuck's Stuart Gordon," by David Michael Wharton

05/16/08 — "Working His Way Upstream: Turn the River's Chris Eigeman," by Peter Clines

05/09/08 — "Finding Your Inner Demons: Supernatural's Eric Kripke," by Jason Davis

05/02/08 — "A Genre of One: Mister Lonely's Harmony Korine," by Peter Clines

04/25/08 — "Writing for the Ear: Scott Allan Woodard on Crafting the Audio Drama," by Jason Davis

04/18/08 — "Analyze This: Tom Stempel's Understanding Screenwriting," by Jason Davis
04/11/08 — "TV Writer Reveals Shocking Secrets!: Dirt's Matthew Carnahan," by Jason Davis

04/04/08 — "Adapting Adams: John Adams' Kirk Ellis," by Jason Davis

03/28/08 — "A Soldier's Story: Stop-Loss's Kimberly Peirce," by Peter Clines

03/21/08 — "Malvin Wald (1917 - 2008): A Writer First, and Above All Else," by Erik Bauer

03/14/08 — "Getting Their Voices Heard: Horton Hears a Who's Cinco Paul & Ken Daurio," by Peter Clines

03/07/08 — "New Frontiers & Old Enterprises: The Martian Child's David Gerrold," by Jason Davis
02/22/08 — "Back to School: Charlie Bartlett's Gustin Nash," by Jenelle Riley
02/15/08 — "Forty Years With the Dead: Diary of the Dead's George Romero," by Peter Clines

02/15/08 — "Finding Hidden Wonders: The Spiderwick Chronicles' Karey Kirkpatrick," by Peter Clines

02/08/08 — "Genius Loci: In Bruges' Martin McDonagh," by Jason Davis

02/01/08 — "Air Pair: The Air I Breathe's Jieho Lee and Bob DeRosa," by Jenelle Riley

01/11/08 — "An Unlikely Hero: He Was a Quiet Man's Frank Cappello," by Peter Clines

12/28/07 — "Pros and Cons: The Great Debaters' Robert Eisele," by Peter Clines

12/14/07 — "Revisiting the Legend: I Am Legend's Mark Protosevich," by Peter Clines
11/09/07 — "Writers' Strike 2007: Day One," by Peter Clines

11/09/07 — "WGA Strike FAQ," by Peter Clines

11/09/07 — " Sibling Rivalry: Fred Claus' Dan Fogelman and Jessie Nelson," by David Michael Wharton

11/02/07 — "Starting Early: Fat Girls' Ash Christian," by Peter Clines

10/12/07 — "Backing the Badge: We Own the Night's James Gray," by Peter Clines

10/05/07 — "The Cat With the Golden Fleece: Save the Cat! Goes to the Movies' Blake Snyder," by Ari Eisner

10/05/07 — "Black Magic and Independent Movie Making: Witches' Night's Paul Traynor," by Jason Davis

09/28/07 — "Anatomy of an Ending: 1408's Scott Alexander, Matt Greenberg, and Larry Karaszewski," by David Michael Wharton

09/14/07 — "Treasure Hunter: King of California's Mike Cahill," by Peter Clines

09/07/07 — "A Hunting He Will Go: The Hunting Party's Richard Shepard," by David Michael Wharton

06/29/07 — "Some Enchanted Evening: Evening's Michael Cunningham," by Jenelle Riley

06/22/07 — "Dead and Loving It: Fido's Andrew Currie," by Peter Clines

06/08/07— "Investigating the Cable Procedural: The Closer's James Duff," by Jason Davis