Eric Roth: The Screenwriter Behind Forrest Gump and Dune | How I Write
Dune. Forrest Gump. Benjamin Button. Eric Roth wrote all of them. He’s been nominated for seven Oscars and won Best Adapted Screenplay for Forrest Gump. I got the chance to ask him about how you find ...
21 Mai 20251h 35min
Michael Jamin: The Hollywood Sitcom Writer | How I Write
Michael Jamin has been writing Hollywood sitcoms for 28 years on shows like King of the Hill and Beavis and Butt-Head. Unlike most comedy writers, he’s not focused on punchlines, he’s more focused on ...
14 Mai 20251h 23min
Dean Koontz: 120 novels published. 500 million copies sold. | How I Write
Dean Koontz has written over 100 books and sold more than 500 million copies, making him one of the best-selling authors of all time. I visited Dean at his home and personal library to understand what...
7 Mai 20251h 47min
Johann Hari: The Obsessive Research Method | How I Write
The world isn’t made of atoms, it’s made of stories. I’ve never heard anyone speak so deeply about interviewing. Johann Hari has written four books, and for each one he travels the globe to record hun...
30 Apr 20251h 14min
Will Storr: The Science of Storytelling | How I Write
Will Storr has written 7 books and he’s basically a scientist for storytelling. Now you might be thinking: Do we really need another storytelling guy? But Will is different. That's because he doesn...
23 Apr 20251h 7min
Michael Dean: The 27 Patterns To Fix Bad Writing | How I Write
Architect Michael Dean breaks down the hidden patterns behind the great essays of our time. In this video, we go over his 27-point framework that makes up every world class piece of writing and how he...
9 Apr 20251h 51min
Lulu Cheng Meservey: Meet Silicon Valley’s Top PR Master | How I Write
The old communications playbook is dead: Political and company narratives used to be controlled by publicists and journalists. But now, founders can Go Direct. The question is… how? How do you spread ...
2 Apr 20251h 20min
The Ultimate Guide to Writing with AI | How I Write
Get my free PDF on using LLM's for writer's + my in-depth prompts: https://perell.com/ai AI has triggered an existential crisis for me. In this episode, I share my thoughts on standing out as a writ...
26 Mar 20251h 29min
