From Spy Thrillers to Police Dramas w/ Writer, Creator, Showrunner ALEXI HAWLEY
Education, The Creative Process: Educators, Writers, Artists, Activists Talk Teachers, Schools & Creativity - A podcast by Educators, Writers, Artists, Activists Talk Teaching & Learning: Creative Process Original Series
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“I never went to school for writing. I was playing drums in a band in high school and college, trying to be a rockstar. I ultimately learned how to write first movies and then TV, mostly by watching them. And I'd put a movie on, and I would sit there with a notebook, and I'd sit there with a notebook, and I'd take notes, which I'd never look at again, by the way, but it was all for me. That was about structure. Because I think structures is the first thing and the most important thing a writer can learn, depending on the medium that they're in. It's less so in novels, but I think definitely in TV and movies, so I would write, like: three minutes this happened, eight minutes this happened, ten minutes this happened, so that you start to internalize what audiences expect and also where you need to turn the story.”
