BA #296: Peter Blake
On the two-hundred and ninety-sixth Box Angeles writer Peter Blake (Gotham, House M.D.) stops by Studio 309. He discusses generating conflict in writing, reading scripts as an assistant, attending law school at Harvard, and more!
the BA #296 breakdown
– Box talks loving House and the writing behind that show.
– Drinking and rituals and using white noise and generating conflict in writing.
– Growing up in NYC and doing some acting as kid.
– Going to Harvard and then attending law school.
– Landing in management consulting and moving to LA.
– Being an assistant at Castle Rock and spending a lot of time reading scripts.
– Writing spec scripts and landing an agent via those.
– Breaking into The Practice thanks to the law background and the WGA dispute.
– Parents thoughts on leaving law and hobbies.
For more Peter, follow him @pkblake on Twitter.
Guest Beer – Coronado Brewing, Islander IPA
