You cannot have introspection on TV everything has to be presented visually, which was sort of a fun challenge. There are certain things that will not work on TV. What’s the biggest challenge of creating a story for TV as opposed to a novel? I do have an idea for season two, but it may be in a different way like “American Horror Story” or “True Detective” do it with a whole new story. I won’t make you wait another year after you’ve invested in 10 episodes. By the end, you’ll find out where Jesse has been, who’s lying, who’s telling the truth. I’m not going to not give an answer just to have a season two. When Nicola Shindler approached me about a book that was already under option, I said, “I have this other idea that’s sticking in my head.” It was an idea niggling in my brain to maybe make into a novel, but I’d never written a novel with four leads, which this has … I always see stories visually and this one was more visual than most. What was your inspiration for the series? I was there for all the table reads and met with the director many times. Every day they’d send me rushes by email and I would study them like a rabbinical student studies the Talmud. Dan Mercer stands accused of being a sexual predator thanks to the ambush journalism of Wendy Tynes, a tabloid TV reporter, who must cope with her husbands. I watched every audition tape, gave notes on scripts. I’m the executive producer and creator and I’m involved in every aspect of it, which is new for me. I don’t write the actual scripts, but the story is all mine. What was your involvement in “The Five” like?
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