
Television writers should aim to write scripted shows rather than focusing solely on live streaming or pranking.
“Scripted is coming back.”
Whitney Cummings · Oct 2025 · 1 episode · 2.4M views on this topicCreative writing benefits from avoiding perfectionism and embracing the collaborative process of iteration.
“often times people are afraid to put out to show people what it is that they're working on at early stages because they want to perfect it not realizing that there is no Perfection”
The Always Sunny Podcast · Nov 2022 · 2 episodes · 2.4M views on this topicA show's writers room functions best as a group effort where different contributors provide perspectives that gel into the show.
“the more people that you have in the room that are really contributing the better the show becomes because I think around that season four season five season six we had to really we were in sync everyone was in sync and and different people were providing different sort of perspectives that were all”
The Always Sunny Podcast · May 2023 · 1 episode · 562K views on this topicSome story structures, like the story circle used in Rick and Morty, provide an invaluable cheat sheet to get the writing work done.
“Rick and Morty works on the story Circle which is Dan Harmon's thing and that's it's an awesome cheat sheet I mean that's the only way that show goes and it's been fun in my career just to keep changing it up in different ways”
The Always Sunny Podcast · May 2023 · 1 episode · 562K views on this topicExtracted by a model; may misattribute who said what.