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The Writers Panel

Stephen Chbosky

The Writers Panel

Ben Blacker

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

4.7796 Ratings

🗓️ 7 November 2017

⏱️ 57 minutes

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Summary

The writer/director of The Perks of Being a Wallflower and the forthcoming Wonder chats about the line between honesty and sentimentality, the similarities between novel writing and film directing, why and how he writes, and gives a valuable four-point piece of advice to writers.


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0:00.0

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0:11.1

Not a care in the world as you simply lean back and before you know it, you're there.

0:16.7

London to Glasgow from just 46 pounds each way.

0:20.5

Avanti West Coast.

0:22.0

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0:23.8

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0:25.6

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0:34.1

Now entering nerdist.com.

0:37.1

Welcome to the Writers Panel.

0:39.2

I'm Ben Blacker, the creator and moderator of the podcast.

0:42.4

I created the show because I wanted to talk to other writers about the business and process of writing.

0:48.3

I've had more than 500 writers on the show, so please check the archives to find more writers and more TV shows of interest to you.

0:55.0

I'm a writer myself, having written for Supernatural, Puss & Boots, and other programs.

1:00.0

I have a couple of cool projects out this first quarter of 2017, that I hope you'll check out.

1:06.0

One is the Supernatural Western comic book series from Boom Publishing that I wrote with my writing partner,

1:11.3

Ben Acker, and our friend, the TV showrunner Andrew Miller. It's beautifully illustrated by

1:16.0

Hannah Christensen, and the first issue is available in comic stores and online February 8th.

1:22.0

In March comes the first book in a series of young adult novels that Acker and I wrote

1:26.1

called Star Wars Join the Resistance.

1:28.8

It takes place just before the Force Awakens and is about a bunch of kids who join the fight

1:33.2

against the First Order. But mostly they have adventures, fall in love with each other, and get in

1:37.7

trouble. I hope you'll check out both of those projects. We're very proud of how they came out.

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