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  1. writers
    How Karen Chee Landed Her Dream Job on Late Night With Seth MeyersMeet Late Night’s newest hire.
    By Megh Wright
  2. snl
    The Story Behind Saturday Night Live’s Weezer SketchTalking with Eli Coyote Mandel, Steven Castillo, and Alan Linic about writing the sketch that launched a thousand new Weezer debates.
    By Bethy Squires
  3. snl
    The Story Behind Chris Redd and Pete Davidson’s ‘Trees’ SNL SketchTalking with cast member Chris Redd about the sketch that got cut off during the latest live SNL broadcast.
    By Bethy Squires
  4. snl
    The Story Behind Kate McKinnon’s Debette Goldry SNL CharacterTalking with writer Anna Drezen about one of SNL’s best recurring characters.
    By Bethy Squires
  5. snl
    The Story Behind Adam Driver’s Oil Baron SNL SketchTalking with the freshman writer behind a highlight of the season 44 premiere.
    By Bethy Squires
  6. snl
    Here’s the Writing Staff of Saturday Night Live Season 44It’s the thing that scrolled over that Kanye performance!
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  7. party report
    Stefani Robinson on What It’s Like to Be the Only Woman in Atlanta Writers Room“They’re always so open about human experiences.”
    By Taylor Ferber
  8. snl
    Here Are the Co-Head Writers of Saturday Night Live Season 44It looks a lot like last season, with one change.
    By Megh Wright
  9. sexual harassment
    WGA West Survey: 64 Percent of Female Writers Were Sexually Harassed at WorkOnly 11 percent of men reported the same, while many others reported witnessing harassment.
    By Anne Victoria Clark
  10. who is america
    Nathan Fielder Wrote and Directed a Who Is America? PrankThe second episode credits Fielder as a writer, director, and consulting producer.
    By Megh Wright
  11. profiles
    Ottessa Moshfegh Plays to WinThe workaholic reinventing slacker fiction.
    By Kaitlin Phillips
  12. motherhood
    When Writers Become MothersAnd how my own mother helped me become both.
    By Laura June
  13. writers
    The Greatest TV Writers Rooms EverThe most remarkable groups of writers in the history of TV comedy.
    By Josh Kurp
  14. Ocean’s 8 Is About the ‘Delight of Seeing Women Steal Sh*t’“You get to feel the joy and the possibility of the female experience, versus a lot of the pain that we had and have been experiencing.”
    By John Horn
  15. remembrances
    Gail Sheehy: What Tom Wolfe Taught Me About Reporting“You have to be brave.”
    By Gail Sheehy
  16. profiles
    The Singular Magic of Maira KalmanAt home with the beloved writer and illustrator.
    By Rumaan Alam
  17. A Great Comedy Resource: the ‘Conan’ Writers’ Transitions ListIf the Workaholics writers’ board of terrible joke clichés is a solid resource for what phrases not to use as a writer or comedian, then the […]
    By Megh Wright
  18. winner’s circle
    Meet 10 Emerging Writers Who Just Won the Whiting AwardIt’s a prestigious literary prize.
    By Catie L'Heureux
  19. Here’s the Writing and Research Staff for Wyatt Cenac’s New HBO SeriesWyatt Cenac’s new late night docu-series Wyatt Cenac’s Problem Areas debuts next month, and HBO confirmed Cenac’s full writing and research […]
    By Megh Wright
  20. Colin Jost and Michael Che Promoted to Co-Head Writers at ‘SNL’Saturday Night Live has made some changes to its writing staff. According to Variety, Weekend Update co-anchors Colin Jost and Michael Che have […]
    By Megh Wright
  21. New Study Finds That Only 4.8% of TV Writers Are BlackA new study by a UCLA professor has resulted in some stunning proof that television still has a long, long way to go when it comes to diverse […]
    By Megh Wright
  22. culture
    The Instagram Poet Outselling Homer Ten to OneMeet Rupi Kaur, author of the ubiquitous Milk and Honey.
    By Molly Fischer
  23. Co-Head Writers Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly Have Left ‘SNL’ Saturday Night Live added three new cast members and seven new writers for season 43, but one of the biggest changes at the show wasn’t […]
    By Megh Wright
  24. Here’s the Writing Staff for Comedy Central’s ‘The Opposition with Jordan […]Daily Show correspondent Jordan Klepper debuts his own late night series The Opposition next week, and in addition to announcing the […]
    By Megh Wright
  25. self-love
    Danielle Steel’s Desk Is Just a Giant Stack of Her Own BooksIconic.
    By Gabriella Paiella
  26. advice
    Ask Polly: How Do I Escape My Professional Envy?Remember that the targets for your jealousy are irrelevant.
    By Heather Havrilesky
  27. What It’s Like to Get Hired as a Late Night TV WriterIf you’re reading this website, there’s a high likelihood that you think it’d be pretty tight to land a job as a writer on a late night talk […]
    By Justin Caffier
  28. advice
    Cecile Richards and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie on How to Survive 2017As told to Katie Couric at Tina Brown’s Women in the World Summit last night.
    By Katie Van Syckle
  29. Here’s the Writing Staff for Anthony Atamanuik’s Comedy Central Series […]Comedy Central announced earlier today that it’s ordered a weekly late night series created by and starring Anthony Atamanuik called The […]
    By Megh Wright
  30. interview
    Maggie Nelson Writes Books Like She’s Hosting a PartyTalking to the MacArthur genius about her work and her fans.
    By Maggie Lange
  31. ‘Tonight Show’ Head Writer A.D. Miles Is Leaving the ShowOne of Jimmy Fallon’s longtime collaborators at Late Night and The Tonight Show is moving on. Last night, Vulture broke the news that Tonight […]
    By Megh Wright
  32. ‘SNL’ Suspended a Writer Over a Barron Trump Joke, So Dan Harmon Offered […]Yesterday, SNL made headlines after it was announced that writer Katie Rich has been suspended “indefinitely” from the show over a joke she […]
    By Megh Wright
  33. ‘SNL’ Suspends Writer Katie Rich for Tweeting a Joke About Donald Trump’s […]A writer at SNL has been suspended over a tweet about Donald Trump’s son Barron. According to The New York Times, writer Katie Rich has been […]
    By Megh Wright
  34. Jo Firestone, Colin Elzie, Sage Boggs, and Alexandra Song Join the […]The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon recently added four new writers to its staff. NBC confirmed with us that the show has hired standup Jo […]
    By Megh Wright
  35. How Many of These Joke Clichés Are You Guilty of Using?Workaholics will air its seventh and final season on Comedy Central next year, and while the writing staff has contributed plenty of great […]
    By Megh Wright
  36. Here’s the Writing Staff of ‘Saturday Night Live’ Season 42SNL’s season 42 premiere aired over the weekend, and in addition to the eight new writers hired to the staff, the closing credits revealed a […]
    By Megh Wright
  37. ‘SNL’ Hires Seven New Writers for Season 42Saturday Night Live has already fired three cast members, hired three featured players, and promoted two new co-head writers, and today we can […]
    By Megh Wright
  38. Thank You For Your Submission to Moe’s Southwest Grill, by Jeff Vitkun Thank you for your submission to Moe’s Southwest Grill. Unfortunately, this piece wasn’t right for us because unlike our competitor, […]
    By Brian Boone
  39. the industry
    Chris Kelly and Sarah Schneider Are Your Newest SNL Head WritersThe duo responsible for “The Beygency” and “Wishin’ Boot.”
    By Nate Jones
  40. ‘SNL’ Promotes Sarah Schneider and Chris Kelly to Co-Head WritersThe departures of Jay Pharoah, Taran Killam, and Jon Rudnitsky aren’t the only changes coming to Saturday Night Live next season – there are […]
    By Megh Wright
  41. take that karl ove
    This Book Is the Female Answer to KnausgaardAnd GUESS WHAT: It’s under 200 pages.
    By Meaghan O'Connell
  42. how to plot a novel
    An Encyclopedia of Every Literary Plot, EverA far-from-comprehensive list of every archetype we know.
    By Boris Kachka
  43. writers
    Tama Janowitz Is No Longer a Slave of New YorkChecking in with the writer on the occasion of her new memoir.
    By Marisa Meltzer
  44. r.i.p.
    Author, Holocaust Survivor Elie Wiesel Has DiedHe devoted his life to keeping the memory of the Holocaust and its victims alive.
    By Chas Danner
  45. ‘The Nightly Show’s Robin Thede Calls for Writers’ Room Diversity: ‘We […]The Nightly Show writer and performer Robin Thede has an excellent Lenny Letter essay out this week called “On Making the TV Writers’ Rooms […]
    By Megh Wright
  46. cut cover story
    Is Parenthood the Enemy of Creative Work?A portrait of the artist as a young mom.
    By Kim Brooks
  47. Here’s the Full Cast and Writing Staff of Fox’s New Sketch Show ‘Party […]Yesterday, Fox ordered a brand new, half-hour sketch show from The Lonely Island guys and Paul Scheer called Party Over Here, and while the […]
    By Megh Wright
  48. Here’s the Writing Staff of ‘Full Frontal with Samantha Bee’At long last, The Daily Show’s longest-serving correspondent Samantha Bee heads to TBS next month for the premiere of her own late night show […]
    By Megh Wright
  49. Colin Jost Is No Longer a Head Writer at ‘SNL’One of SNL’s current head writers has moved to the writing staff. As of Saturday night’s episode hosted by Tracy Morgan, writer and Weekend […]
    By Megh Wright
  50. blockbusters
    How Are Movies Going to Credit All Those Blockbuster Writers Rooms?The current shared-universe storytelling model is clashing with WGA rules.
    By Nate Jones
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