TELEVISION

I’m often asked the difference between the experience of writing novels versus writing television. In an interview with Famous Writing Routines, I said the following:

“They couldn’t be more different. One is an entirely solo act—writing novels—and the other is deeply collaborative—writing for TV. They have different virtues. With novels, there is a pure, unadulterated voice that comes straight from the author’s head and heart. The reader is getting the best of that author, but also that author’s conscious or unconscious limitations as a storyteller. With TV, a group works together, and at its best it’s like a symphony… Together, [all the writers have] something to add to the story. And because a lot of the work happens by talking and debating ideas and themes, the viewer arguably gets a richer show for having all of these voices working together.”
-Attica