OnWriting: A Podcast of the WGA East

Episode 113: Amy Schumer (Life & Beth) and John Hoffman (Only Murders in the Building)

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Episode notes

John Hoffman and Amy Schumer sit down to talk about the joys and challenges of leaning into the personal in your writing, the importance of finding the right collaborators, confronting the hardest parts of life with both vulnerability and confidence, and much more.

John Hoffman is the co-creator and showrunner of the critically acclaimed and award-winning comedy-drama mystery series Only Murders in the Building.

Amy Schumer is a writer, actor, director and producer known for creating and starring in the sketch comedy series Inside Amy Schumer, writing and starring in the 2015 comedy film Trainwreck and creating and starring in the comedy-drama series Life & Beth.

Only Murders in the Building and Life & Beth are both currently available to stream on Hulu.

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