EMPIRE rulez. Which means that if you’re interested in writing for TV you should be interested in how the show’s writers became almost instant Hollywood Royalty. Therefore:
by Lacey Rose
The writers room responsible for Fox’s hip-hop soap opera Empire is every bit as diverse as the juggernaut itself.
“We’ve got African Americans, Latinos, white writers — it’s this really cool blend of America,” says co-creatorDanny Strong, who spends his days in the Beverly Hills writers room with showrunner Ilene Chaiken and a newly expanded writing staff of 12 crafting the hit series’ melodramatic plot twists and tight, delicious dialogue.