About this episode

Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson discuss their new show and the writing process.

Ian Deitchman and Kristin Robinson (creators, It's Not Like That; Parenthood; Off Campus ) discuss telling emotionally driven stories, resurrecting a decade-old pilot as their new show, how the writers' strike benefited the show, how they run their room, and more. Check out SPECTACULAR, a staged reading of a new pilot by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker & Liz Hara about the making of the disastrous Spider-man musical. Starring Ben Feldman ( Superstore ), Randall Park ( WandaVision ), Alan Ruck ( Ferris Bueller’s Day Off ; Succession ), Mireille Enos ( For All Mankind ), Iman Vellani ( Miss Marvel ), Melissa Benoist ( Supergirl ), Gabriel Luna ( The Last of Us ), Amy Hill ( Magnum PI ), Demi Adejuyigbe ( Dropout ), Craig Cackowski ( The Pitt ), and more. Get tickets to attend live on May 16 or watch on demand! 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 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for…

People in this episode

Host: Ben Blacker

Guests: Ian Deitchman, Kristin Robinson

Topics covered

• storytelling
• television
• writers' strike
• pilot revival
• writing room dynamics

Keywords

• It's Not Like That
• Parenthood
• Off Campus
• writers' strike
• storytelling

Mentioned in this episode

Books & works: It's Not Like That, Parenthood, Off Campus, SPECTACULAR

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