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Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen
Whether you're an aspiring writer, an established author, a story professional, or just a story junkie, Unedited is a behind-the-scenes trip into all facets of the global story economy. Join us for a discussion of all things story, from idea to manuscript and shelf to screen with the globe's best writers, book professionals, booksellers, and adaptation stakeholders. We’re going to keep it informed, unfiltered, and unedited—not a salon, think a bar, whatever your drink or genre of choice.
Before he was published, Tom Clancy sold insurance. Stephen King worked in a laundromat. J.K. Rowling was a secretary. Wherever you work and whoever you are, welcome to Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen.
Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen
Will Gish: Philly to LA, Bathos to Pathos, & How to Edit a Novel
Screenwriter and aspiring novelist Will Gish joins us for episode eleven of Unedited: From Idea to Manuscript and Shelf to Screen. Over a glass of Grenache, we discuss the road from Philadelphia to New Jersey to Vermont and eventually, via Mexico City and Tokyo, to LA. We break down the ebbs and flows of humor in publishing, television, and cinema, and ponder whether, in an increasingly dark world, humor has come back around as a more important staple on our storytelling food pyramid. We compare pathos and bathos and we discuss the many reasons writers write and finding the right attitude for collaboration with editors and executives.
Will / William / Bill / Who? Gish is a novelist and screenwriter living in Los Angeles whose work has appeared nowhere and received zero accolades. Growing up in both New Jersey and Vermont, he was drawn to theater, earning awards for playwriting before graduating high school (full disclosure: he gave himself most of these awards). Will has a BA in Art History and Japanese Language & Literature from the University of Massachusetts, Amherst and an MFA in Feature Film Screenwriting from Loyola Marymount University. He is the writer of an untitled Mexican sci-fi family dramedy film (sounds fake but it’s not!), currently in post-production and White Devil, currently in editorial with Inkshares. He likes dogs and knows nothing about wine.