About this episode
Co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman and Noga Landau discuss their collaboration and storytelling insights for Star Trek: Starfleet Academy.
Star Trek: Starfleet Academy co-showrunners Alex Kurtzman (creator, Star Trek: Picard and Star Trek: Strange New Worlds ; Mission Impossible III ) and Noga Landau (creator, Nancy Drew and Tom Swift ; The Magicians ) discuss meeting for the first time, what each looks for in a collaborator, story from the inside out, learning storytelling through Trek , the special sauce of Starfleet Academy , how the strike helped season 1, mastering craft through watching, reading, and listening, 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
Guests: Alex Kurtzman, Noga Landau
Topics covered
- Star Trek
- storytelling
- collaboration
- television writing
- craft mastery
- season 1 insights
Keywords
- Star Trek
- storytelling
- collaboration
- writing craft
- television
- season 1
- Alex Kurtzman
- Noga Landau
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Star Trek: Starfleet Academy, Star Trek: Picard, Star Trek: Strange New Worlds, Mission Impossible III, Nancy Drew, Tom Swift, The Magicians
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