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40 | Marti Noxon On TV Writing (EVERYTHING You Need To Know)

By The Screenwriting Life

5:00 AM EDT on April 18, 2021

Marti Noxon is a force in our business. Known for her sharp voice, social commentary, and darkly funny writing, all of which is tied together by a knack for complicated and richly drawn female characters, she's on TV's most important voices.She's worked on everything from beloved genre projects like BUFFY to prestige crime dramas like SHARP OBJECTS, and she's here today to help us get a full and detailed look at the current landscape for writing in television.Learn what we REALLY mean when we say story engine, what makes Marti quit reading a sample while staffing, and whether we should pitch with a bible, treatment, or one page when we take a show out. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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