Mine Your Life for Stories

Advice from a TV writer/showrunner

So many people think the key to good writing is “world building.” They want to play God and create a universe. I say this as a professional writer — it’s entirely unnecessary.

You have a wealth of stories from within you. You just have to tap into them and be brave enough to share them.

“But I want to create something from scratch!”

F. Scott Fitzgerald wr…