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It's Bullseye, I'm Jesse Thorn.

So how many episodes of television has Sean Der Reyes written?

Maybe a few hundred, a thousand?

She's created seven shows.

That includes scandal, private practice, and Grey's Anatomy.

Grey's Anatomy, of course, one of the longest running primetime television shows ever.

Pretty much everything that Sean Der Reyes has made has been watched and adored by millions.

She's gotten awards, praise.

We're talking about Emmy nominations, then double ACP awards, the writers guild, Glad.

Michelle Obama is a fan.

I could go on, but we can agree.

Sean Der Reyes, beloved and accomplished.

I mean, just imagine the amount of work that all of that took, the number of days and

nights staring at a blank screen, then an outline, then a draft, rewrites, shoots, writers'

rooms, over and over and over again, literally hundreds of times.

Now what if I told you that despite all of those accomplishments, all those accolades,

Sean Der Reyes is only just now starting to feel like a success.

That's what she tells our correspondent, Jared Hill, in this next interview, among a bunch

of other stuff.

It's kind of astonishing to think that there is basically no level of success at which

you are immune from insecurity.

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