writing

‘3 Idiots,’ ‘Munna Bhai’ Filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani Breaks Down Writing and Editing at International Film Festival of India Masterclass
[ad_1] Leading Indian filmmaker Rajkumar Hirani drew a full house at the International Film Festival of India (IFFI) with a dynamic session unpacking how writing and editing shape a film’s...
A Night in the Writers’ Room: Drama Writers Mix It Up on Writing Process, Time Spent in the Room and to Outline or Not to Outline
[ad_1] From the first question, Variety’s A Night in the Writers’ Room gathering of five drama showrunners was a lively affair as the scribes compared notes and reflected on how...
The Art of the Profile
[ad_1] On October 26, 2025, the New Yorker staff writers Larissa MacFarquhar, Rebecca Mead, Ian Parker, Kelefa Sanneh, and Michael Schulman joined the executive editor Daniel Zalewski onstage at the...
Patti Smith on Her Memoir “Bread of Angels,” Fifty Years After Her Début Album
[ad_1] Listen and subscribe: Apple | Spotify | Google | Wherever You ListenSign up for our daily newsletter to get the best of The New Yorker in your inbox.Patti Smith’s...
Why your writing practice is failing
[ad_1] I’ve been writing professionally since 2002, and in that time, I’ve experimented with lots of different strategies to keep myself on track. (I’ve been a columnist at Fortune and...
TextEdit and the Relief of Simple Software
[ad_1] The so-called desktop first appeared on a home computer in 1981, with the release of the Xerox 8010 Star Information System. That device pioneered the graphical-user interface, or G.U.I.,...
‘Mortal Kombat 3’ in the Works With Jeremy Slater Writing Screenplay
[ad_1] “Mortal Kombat II” hasn’t yet made it to theaters, but fans can expect that “Mortal Kombat III” is also in the works, it was announced at New York Comic...
37 Amazing TV Shows That Were Massacred By Bad Writing As Seasons Went On
[ad_1] —u/UgliestDisability"It was not unwatchable for me, but you can definitely tell the writers lost their direction after Steve Carell left. Characters started acting, well, out of character. The new...
Chris Kraus Reinvents the True-Crime Novel
[ad_1] On a recent Sunday morning, I took a bus to Williamsburg to meet Chris Kraus, the seventy-year-old writer who attained permanent literary It Girl status with her début novel,...
Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim Writing Horror Script: ‘Sicker Than Most People Are Going to Want to Watch’
[ad_1] Tim Heidecker and Eric Wareheim, the alternative comedy duo behind Adult Swim’s “Tim and Eric Awesome Show, Great Job!” are experimenting in a new genre. Heidecker revealed at the...
‘The Last Dive’ Director Talks Manta Rays, Writing Documentaries and Camden International Film Festival
[ad_1] In “The Last Dive,” director Cody Sheehy follows Terry Kennedy, an ex-Hell’s Angel-turned manta ray conservationist, on a personal journey to Mexico’s Sea of Cortez. After a stint in...
Aziz Ansari on Writing for ‘Iconic’ Keanu Reeves, the Prospect of a ‘Parks & Rec’ Spinoff and Wanting to Complete His Bill Murray Film ‘Being Mortal’: ‘I Think There’s a World Where I Could Finish’
[ad_1] Aziz Ansari is making his directorial debut with the existential comedy “Good Fortune.” But technically, it’s not his first time helming a feature. In 2022, he was halfway through...