New interview with Rectify writer and former Good Wife script coordinator (and Vince Gilligan's former assistant on Breaking Bad), Kate Powers up now. Kate explains what the responsibilities of a showrunner’s assistant, script coordinator and writer’s assistant are, describes what her experience in the writers’ room is like, what a TV writer’s role is during production and co-writing her first episode with a showrunner. http://www.scriptsandscribes.com/kate-powers/ Also, if you missed it before, Aaron Sorkin's former assistant and Newsroom writer/executive story editor, Ian Reichbach talks about managing a writer’s room as executive story editor, what he learned as Aaron Sorkin’s writing and research assistant, what showrunner’s look for during staffing season – other than a great writing sample, what the Warner Bros. TV writing workshop was like. http://www.scriptsandscribes.com/ian-reichbach/
Screenwriting : Becoming a TV Writer via the assistant route by Kevin Fukunaga
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Thanks for sharing this Kevin.
Thanks for checking it out Sylvia. :)
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Great interview, Kevin. Always interesting to see the different paths people take. Also good to hear about the specifics of each job she had on her way to "Rectify," which is a very good show. Thanks for posting!
Thanks Diane! I appreciate the feedback. :)
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well getting an assistant job is even harder then getting a writer's job.