Living To Write
av Bailey Patterson and Brian Landwehr
Debra Landwehr Engle
Om den här podden
Join screenwriters Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson as they dive into conversations with accomplished writers, exploring their creative processes, triumphs, challenges, and insights. Discover behind-the-scenes stories from your favourite films and TV shows, discussing how initial drafts evolve into the final product with advice from those who LIVE TO WRITE. Presented in collaboration with David Kirkpatrick, founder of Story Summit. This podcast features candid, unfiltered discussions with genuine individuals.
Produced by Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson.
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- Debra Landwehr Engle · 1 h 4 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 18Her fifth-grade teacher walked her to the principal’s office over a book report she’d drawn up like a newspaper front page. The issue turned out to be the principal wanting to…
- Miles Hubley, Tommy White and Scott Waugh · 58 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 17The Runner screenplay was good enough to make the 2023 Black List. It was also, as its director puts it, unmakeable: a car chase at night, in the rain, through Los Angeles, with…
- Ben Kronengold & Rebecca Shaw · 59 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 16Two seventeen-year-olds with mutual crushes egged one another into trying out for their college sketch groups. A few years later, their Yale graduation speech went viral, and…
- Jeff Wadlow, Aja Gabel & MJ Wesner · 56 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 15A moment of snorkeling panic deep in a Tulum cenote became a joke between friends before it became the inspiration for a shark movie that made the 2019 Black List. Screenwriters…
- Rebecca Sonnenshine · 46 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 14She was just five years old when she read the Little House on the Prairie books that made her want to tell stories. Today, she’s the screenwriter and showrunner taking us back…
- David J. Rosen · 41 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 13After leaving the world of advertising for life as a writer, countless publishers passed on his novel before he finally heard the unexpected yes that changed everything…
- Jeremy Slater · 54 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 12His 2015 Fantastic Four screenplay was rewritten by so many other writers that eventually just three words of his remained. Today he’s the sole screenwriter on Mortal Kombat II…
- Jeremy Robbins · 49 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 11He wrote a screenplay his reps didn’t even know about. Five years later, his movie is on Netflix, starring Charlize Theron and Taron Egerton. Screenwriter Jeremy Robbins sits…
- Chandler Levack · 51 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 10Canadian writer-director Chandler Levack sits down with Brian and Bailey for a deep dive into how and why she writes. How did her music journalism experiences inform her…
- Brian McElhaney & Nick Kocher (BriTANicK) · 1 h 1 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 9Brian McElhaney and Nick Kocher of BriTANicK fame sit down with Brian and Bailey for a deep dive into how and why they write. How is their collaboration like an open romantic…
- Rachel Shukert · 55 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 8This episode features Rachel Shukert, showrunner behind The Baby-Sitters Club (Netflix) and executive producer on The Handmaid’s Tale (Hulu), charting her fascinatingly…
- James Eason-Garcia · 50 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 7Imagine writing for an animated Disney series. Now, imagine being invited to write for the Star Wars universe. And imagine that leading you to the Marvel universe. And now…
- Paul Schrader · 35 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 6Paul Schrader wrote classics like Taxi Driver, Raging Bull, and The Last Temptation of Christ, directed American Gigolo, Affliction and First Reformed, documented the history of…
- Dan Gregor & Doug Mand · 1 h 1 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 5Brian and Bailey chat with The Naked Gun (2025) screenwriters Dan Gregor and Doug Mand. Comedy ain’t easy. And neither is the job of continuing the beloved Naked Gun franchise…
- David Paul Kirkpatrick - Part 2 · 47 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 4Brian Landwehr and Bailey Patterson conclude their two-part conversation with former president of Paramount Motion Picture Group, David Paul Kirkpatrick. As the man who greenlit…
- David Paul Kirkpatrick - Part 1 · 52 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 3On the latest episode of the Living to Write, Brian and Bailey chat with Story Summit founder and former Paramount Pictures studio executive David Paul Kirkpatrick in Part 1 of…
- Peter Hastings · 60 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 2On this episode of Living to Write, Brian and Bailey sit down with Emmy- and Peabody-award-winning writer/director Peter Hastings. With Dog Man now out in the world, Peter…
- Drew Hancock · 60 min · Säsong 2 Avsnitt 1This time on Living to Write, writer/director Drew Hancock, fresh off his feature debut Companion, joins us to talk about why he writes, how he made the leap to directing his…
- Patrick Meighan · 1 h 0 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 10Lucky there’s a Patrick Meighan guy! Join us as we chat with Family Guy writer Patrick Meighan on the show's 25th anniversary. Patrick shares insights into keeping the Griffin…
- Michael Jamin · 55 min · Säsong 1 Avsnitt 9What do you do when you’ve got no credits, no connections, and no clue? TV writer Michael Jamin (King of the Hill, Beavis & Butthead) figured it out. On this episode of Living to…







