Gordon Smith (Pluribus)
About this episode
Gordon Smith discusses the storytelling elements of Pluribus and shares directing advice.
Writer/director Gordon Smith ( Pluribus ; Better Call Saul ) discusses what gives Pluribus legs, story as algorithm, a non-mystery mystery, some great directing advice that's really storytelling advice, parsing notes, getting sand in your eyes, and more. THE WRITERS PANEL IS A COMPLETELY INDEPENDENT PRODUCTION. Follow and support the show by subscribing to Ben Blacker's newsletter, Re:Writing , where you'll also get weekly advice from the thousands of writers he's interviewed over the years, as well as access to exclusive live Q&As, meet-ups, and more: benblacker.substack.com SOCIALS: Bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/benblacker.bsky.social Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bablacker/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
People in this episode
Host: Ben Blacker
Guest: Gordon Smith
Topics covered
- storytelling
- writing advice
- directing
- Pluribus
- Better Call Saul
Keywords
- Gordon Smith
- Pluribus
- Better Call Saul
- storytelling
- writing advice
- directing
Mentioned in this episode
Books & works: Pluribus, Better Call Saul
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