flexible storytelling Quotes

I think it's good practice, if you're a writer, or anyone who's shaping narrative, to be flexible and open with the direction of the narrative.

It's really wonderful to come to work and have each episode be different, in a way. They have similar structure sometimes with the villain, but we can go in any direction we want. If we want to do an episode set in the circus, we can do that. You know how precious that is. That doesn't come around a lot.

I plan years in advance, but I like to leave enough space in the narrative scheme to change things, because I always get my best ideas the closer I come to the end of a project, after I've lived with it for a while.

It is much easier to be flexible about where a story begins than it ever was for me to change my mind about where and how a story ended.

One of the advantages of series TV is that you can change your mind and plan things as you go.

I'm for anything that lets writers stretch, in or out of their series.

I write my scripts short and they develop on the set, which I have found a far better premise both economically and practically.

The great thing about TV is that it's so fluid. When you bring in someone for one quick role and they're fantastic, you can bring them back.