A writers’ room is something like the nerve centre of a scripted drama or comedy, a place where some combination of writers, producers, editors and developers come together to brainstorm the overall arc of a series and flesh out the plot of each episode.
“There’s definitely a comfort in the security of working on a show that’s on every night, and I would hope to be in those kinds of writers’ rooms again down the line. But my view is that you’ve got to ultimately be moving in the direction of making the stuff you want to make. I enjoyed the process of [All Good if Not] much more than any other writing I’ve done for myself or anyone else.”