Like film, television comes in a variety of different genres— but the two core types are drama and comedy. Though this has been changing recently, most dramas, whether “prestige” or “procedural,” have ...

All television writing can be summed up in one word: economy. TV pilots must communicate the world, characters, genre, stakes, and tone to the audience—all in the span of a single episode. One of the ...

This story originally appeared in NPR's Student Podcast Challenge newsletter. Subscribe here. When I (Abē Levine) started interning here at NPR, I worked nights as a wedding server. And one thing ...

How am I qualified to advise anyone on how to write funny? Well, I’ve published three collections of humorous essays and another three compilations of whimsical light verse, so I feel I can speak with ...

Everyone knows what a bad speech sounds like. But very few know how to write good a one — and even fewer have what it takes to write a truly funny speech. Veteran comedy writer Carol Leifer happens to ...

So, you have a job interview at a company you really like. It’s your dream job. Your interviews are scheduled, and you ready to start to preparing. But how? Most candidates research the company, the ...

Artificial intelligence has become a major point of contention in the Writers Guild negotiations, with scribes calling it an existential risk. To see how imminent that threat is, THR had ChatGPT write ...