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The Writers Panel

Diane Ruggiero and iZombie

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

Tv & Film, Tv, Writing, Movies, Hollywood, Screenwriting

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 14 April 2015

⏱️ 83 minutes

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Summary

Diane Ruggiero co-created iZombie and became showrunner Rob Thomas's right hand on Veronica Mars. Here, we dig deep with Diane to talk about how she was always a writer, how she went from waitressing to selling her first script to Nora Ephron to creating her own show to not working for a few years. She talks about how she likes to work and the best parts of writing.


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0:00.0

Hey folks, let's face it. We're all writers, even if our title doesn't say it.

0:05.0

Whether we're authors writing a story, screenplay, novel, working on a press release, website copy,

0:10.0

or just revising an email for a boss to get a raise. Writing has become a huge part of our

0:16.0

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0:26.6

This online course starts June 11th, and you'll learn from over a dozen of the best and brightest instructors in the world of marketing writing.

0:33.6

They'll get tons of great writing tips, new techniques for enhancing your writing style,

0:36.6

and we'll learn to write with a relentless focus on your audience.

0:40.5

Plus, because it's entirely online, you can learn from your computer, tablet, smartphone,

0:44.9

whatever it's easiest for you.

0:46.5

If you're stuck on the train, hey, why don't you use that time to get smarter?

0:50.2

You dummy.

0:51.6

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1:29.3

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1:33.3

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1:38.3

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1:41.3

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1:45.7

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