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

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

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 much television has changed in a short time. But nothing sparked up the session, moderated by Emily Longeretta, Variety’s senior TV features editor, like the discussion of how each showrunner prefers to work — and what it takes for them to actually get work done. For Jennie…