X-Men's David Hayter

Plus: tales from the picket line!

In today’s new Writers Panel episode, X-Men, X2, and Watchmen writer David Hayter discusses thinking in pictures, how he came to write X-Men, structure, writing ensembles, and screenwriting's toll on your brain.

PLUS: WGA strike captain Gabriel Garza (The Flash; The Winchesters) fights snakes in the desert to shut down a production!

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Going into graphic design if this strike lasts much longer.

Good Housekeeping

Hi! A few items before a proper, crafty post later this week.

Supporter Melissa Balint emailed me to say that, at the in-person meet-up in March, there’d been talk about a group email and maybe even a writers’ group to come out of it. If you’d like to be a part of that group email, please leave a comment, and I’ll get the ball rolling.

While I do get reports about who subscribes, I don’t always see subscription upgrades. So, if you’ve subscribed at the “Outline/Script read + call” level and haven’t received a message from me to schedule that, please email me at NerdistWriters@gmail.com and we’ll work it out.

Finally, I owe you a Q&A! Due to the strike, things got a bit loose in May. So, I’ll line up a June Q&A and will, at some point, throw in a bonus one or two before October. I love doing them, I love your questions, and I always walk away from these Q&As excited to get to work.