Living To Write

Miles Hubley, Tommy White and Scott Waugh

The Runner screenplay was good enough to make the 2023 Black List. It was also, as its director puts it, unmakeable: a car chase at night, in the rain, through Los Angele

Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw

Two seventeen-year-olds with mutual crushes egged one another into trying out for their college sketch groups. A few years later, their Yale graduation speech went viral,

Jeff Wadlow, Aja Gabel & MJ Wesner

A moment of snorkeling panic deep in a Tulum cenote became a joke between friends before it became the inspiration for a shark movie that made the 2019 Black List. Scree

Rebecca Sonnenshine

She was just five years old when she read the Little House on the Prairie books that made her want to tell stories. Today, she’s the screenwriter and showrunner taking us

David J. Rosen

After leaving the world of advertising for life as a writer, countless publishers passed on his novel before he finally heard the unexpected yes that changed everything.

Jeremy Slater

His 2015 Fantastic Four screenplay was rewritten by so many other writers that eventually just three words of his remained. Today he’s the sole screenwriter on Mortal Kom

Jeremy Robbins

He wrote a screenplay his reps didn’t even know about. Five years later, his movie is on Netflix, starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton. Screenwriter Jeremy Robbins

Chandler Levack

Canadian writer-director Chandler Levack sits down with Brian and Bailey for a deep dive into how and why she writes. How did her music journalism experiences inform her

Brian McElhaney & Nick Kocher (BriTANicK)

Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher of BriTANicK fame sit down with Brian and Bailey for a deep dive into how and why they write. How is their collaboration like an open rom

Rachel Shukert

This episode features Rachel Shukert, showrunner behind The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) and executive producer on The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), charting her fascinatingly u

James Eason-Garcia

Imagine writing for an animated Disney series. Now, imagine being invited to write for the Star Wars universe. And imagine that leading you to the Marvel universe. And n

Paul Schrader

Paul Schrader wrote classics like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ, directed American Gigolo, Affliction and First Reformed, documented the his

Dan Gregor & Doug Mand

Brian and Bailey chat with The Naked Gun (2025) screenwriters Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. Comedy ain’t easy. And neither is the job of continuing the beloved Naked Gun fra

David Paul Kirkpatrick - Part 2

Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson conclude their two-part conversation with former president of Paramount Motion Picture Group, David Paul Kirkpatrick. As the man who

David Paul Kirkpatrick - Part 1

On the latest episode of the Living to Write, Brian and Bailey chat with Story Summit founder and former Paramount Pictures studio executive David Paul Kirkpatrick in Par

Peter Hastings

On this episode of Living to Write, Brian and Bailey sit down with Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning writer/director Peter Hastings. With Dog Man now out in the world, Pet

Drew Hancock

This time on Living to Write, writer/director Drew Hancock, fresh off his feature debut Companion, joins us to talk about why he writes, how he made the leap to directing

Patrick Meighan

Lucky there’s a Patrick Meighan guy! Join us as we chat with Family Guy writer Patrick Meighan on the show's 25th anniversary. Patrick shares insights into keeping the Gr

Michael Jamin

What do you do when you’ve got no credits, no connections, and no clue? TV writer Michael Jamin (King of the Hill, Beavis & Butthead) figured it out. On this episode of

Michael Sarnoski

Ever wondered what it’s like to send Nicolas Cage on a quest for a stolen truffle pig or craft a post-apocalyptic studio blockbuster? Writer and director Michael Sarnoski