“On the wall behind [Vince] Gilligan was a large corkboard. Across the top were pinned 13 index cards representing the 13 episodes of the season. . . . Under 413, the final episode of the season, there was only one single, fluttering card. It read in bold, matter-of-fact Magic Marker ink, “BOOM.”
Inside the Breaking Bad writers’ room: How Vince Gilligan Runs the show
“Sometimes bad ideas lead to good ideas.”
Breaking Bad creator Vince Gilligan on the need to crank out ideas in the writer’s room
Yesterday The New York Times had an article titled ‘Better Call Saul‘ Season 4 Finale Recap: Suckers! which includes an embedded video How T Write the Perfect Con. It’s a look inside the Better Call Saul writer’s room and its a solid example of multimedia storytelling, as well as a glimpse into how they create storylines for Saul Goodman.
It also made we want to look around and see what I could find on Breaking Bad— the show that ran from 2008-2013 and spawned Better Call Saul. Here’s what I found:
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Photos inside the Breaking Bad Writers’ room (and what one could call mood boards)
Take a Look Inside the Writers’ Room of AMC’s ‘Breaking Bad’
Scott W. Smith is the author of Screenwriting with Brass Knuckles and runs the Filmmaking With Brass Knuckles YouTube channel.