The Write Process

A podcast by UCLA Extension Writers' Program

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78 Episodes

  1. Paria Hassouri on Discovering the Writer Within, Journaling, Finding an Agent, & Found in Transition

    Published: 10/6/2021
  2. Christina Strain on Writing for Herself, Managers, Goonies, and Finding O’Hana

    Published: 9/24/2021
  3. Julie Wong on Writing Covid, Sneaking Food onto Set, Expanding Representation, and Grey’s Anatomy

    Published: 9/9/2021
  4. Elle Johnson on Researching Memoir, Weaving Story Threads, Finding Theme, and The Officer’s Daughter

    Published: 8/26/2021
  5. Tod Goldberg on Gangsters, Human-Made Seas, Short Fiction Tricks, and The Low Desert

    Published: 8/12/2021
  6. Melissa Rosenberg on Adapting Comics, Creative Control, and Showrunning Marvel’s Jessica Jones

    Published: 7/30/2021
  7. Brian Shin on the Medical Procedural, Why Representation Matters, and The Good Doctor.

    Published: 12/4/2020
  8. Michael Werwie on Writing Against Genre and Extremely Wicked, Shockingly Evil and Vile

    Published: 11/13/2020
  9. Cindy Lin on Stealing Time, Polishing Drafts, Uncovering Solutions and The Twelve

    Published: 10/30/2020
  10. Aatif Rashid on Novel Structure, the Right Title, Small Presses, and Portrait of Sebastian Khan

    Published: 10/16/2020
  11. Wally Rudolph on Photographic Inspiration, the Decline of Whiteness, and Mighty, Mighty

    Published: 9/18/2020
  12. Kira Snyder on Unexpected Guests, Tricky Adaptation, and The Handmaid’s Tale

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    Published: 9/27/2019

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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.