Darci Interviews TV Writers

Home Town: Berkeley, CA Current Town: Valley Village, CA What are you working on now?: Currently chasing a couple books to potentially develop into a series and/or feature, developing an original The Ring-esque pilot about a haunted high school play, and trying my best to stay on this side of sane through these last 5 years. Oh and still trying to staff after being off through the pandemic. The hustle never ends. Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person: Well I didn’t realize I was a writer until I moved here to LA. I did always know I wanted to be in the industry as I’ve loved TV and movies my whole life, just didn’t know in what capacity. But once I started working, I realized quickly that I was a creator. I wanted to be the one to dream up the world and the characters and the story. So I tried writing a script and it was hard, and that script was bad, but I had found my thing and there was no turning back. If you coul...

  Home Town: I was born in Los Angeles and spent my childhood in Hollywood and the Laurel Canyon area. Current Town: I am currently residing in Studio City, CA. What are you working on now?: I’m dusting off a script I wrote years ago about a civil rights case that I hope to retool and turn it into a limited series. I’m also working on an adaptation of another true story from a book I just received. Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person: As kids, my brother and I wrote comic books constantly. We drove my mother crazy, because she had to sew all the pages of this junk together every day to make them look like comic books. It was this early appetite for telling stories that eventually grew into the desire to write my own stories professionally. What started me writing also was watching reruns after school of the Marx Brothers movies and the films of Preston Sturges. Sullivan’s Travels, Hail the Conquering Hero, The Mira...

Hometown: Pasadena, CA Current Town: Hollywood, baby What are you working on now?: Developing a pilot about an all-women's social club. Tell me, if you will, a story from your childhood that explains who you are as a writer or as a person: When my father took me to New York for the first time as a kid, I was totally enamored of the people and lights and skyscrapers and parks. I asked him why it felt so wonderful to be in New York, what made it so electric and beloved, and he answered right away, "Money." That's a joke... uh... as a former psych major and a hater of movie flashbacks, I don't believe personality is defined by any single experience. If you could change one thing about television, what would it be?: I could never settle for one thing. Who are or were your television heroes?: Dr. House, Claire Fisher, Joan Holloway, Rick Sanchez, Villanelle... I already did therapy. What kind of television excites you?: I still remember the year that the Mr Robot ...