The Write Process

A podcast by UCLA Extension Writers' Program

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67 Episodes

  1. Kira Snyder on Unexpected Guests, Tricky Adaptation, and The Handmaid’s Tale

    Published: 9/4/2020
  2. Zimran Jacob on Getting into a Writer's Room, Doing Research, and The Punisher

    Published: 1/6/2020
  3. Colette Sartor on Linking Stories, Good Revision Advice, and Once Removed and Other Stories

    Published: 12/20/2019
  4. Shauna Barbosa on the Language of Home, Keeping Trust in Yourself, and Cape Verdean Blues.

    Published: 12/6/2019
  5. Owen Husney on Little Lies, Discovering Prince, and Famous People Who’ve Met Me.

    Published: 11/21/2019
  6. Monica Holloway on Telling the Hard Truth, Publication Repercussions, and Driving with Dead People

    Published: 11/8/2019
  7. April Shih on Vomit Drafts, Letting Your Characters Change You, 69 F-bombs, and You’re the Worst

    Published: 10/23/2019
  8. Sheryl Recinos on Surviving Teen Homelessness, Self-publishing, and Hindsight

    Published: 10/11/2019
  9. Barbara Stepansky on the Flint Water Crisis, Adapting Journalism, 45-page Treatments, and Flint

    Published: 9/27/2019
  10. Henry Lien on Worldbuilding, Puzzle Stories, Middle Grade, & Peasprout Chen: Battle of Champions

    Published: 9/13/2019
  11. Stuart Beattie on the Politics of Writing War, 5 Key Scenes, & Danger Close: The Battle of Long Tan

    Published: 8/30/2019
  12. Hollie Overton on Greed, Reimagining Fairy Tales, Seeing Yourself in Characters, and Tell Me a Story

    Published: 8/16/2019
  13. Natashia Deón on Unforgettable Visions, Writing Historical Fiction, Sticking with It, and Grace.

    Published: 8/1/2019
  14. Lilliam Rivera on the Summerlong Punishment of The Education of Margot Sanchez

    Published: 5/10/2019
  15. Moisès Zamora on Human Trafficking, Immigration, and American Crime

    Published: 4/26/2019
  16. Laurel Ollstein on Jerrie Cobb, Sexism, the Mercury 7, and They Promised Her the Moon

    Published: 4/12/2019
  17. Mae Respicio on a Room of Her Own and The House that Lou Built

    Published: 3/29/2019
  18. Miguel Murphy on Poetry, Shame, Fetishes, What We Do in the Dark, and Detainee

    Published: 3/15/2019
  19. Dorothy Blyskal on Fate, Writing a Script in Six Days, Adapting Books, and The 15:17 to Paris

    Published: 3/1/2019
  20. Greta Heinemann on Murder, Terrorism, Mayoral Elections, and NCIS: New Orleans

    Published: 2/15/2019

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All writing is a tightrope walk from where the idea originates to the moment a book, movie, or TV episode emerges in the world. In The Write Process, Charles Jensen, director of the UCLA Extension Writers’ Program, asks writing instructors and students who’ve walked the tightrope and come out the other side to talk about their process. Each episode tells the story of how one writer took one project from concept to completion, showcasing the various—and varied—paths we take when we follow one good idea all the way home.