Hey Alex, hope you’re having a good day :)
Just finished listening to MAG Protocol Episode 37 and was absolutely blown away, what a phenomenal episode. No spoilers, just fantastic stuff. Especially with a particular character appearance ;)
Were you always interested in the script writing side of things? What inspired you to have a go at writing for Protocol?
Thank you (& Jonny & the RQ Team) for all the hard work and spooks!
Thanks for the kind words!
So fun fact, I am actually a formally trained script-writer with an MA from CSSD and I think there's probably a bit more of me in the Magnus Archives scripts than people might think.
I'd develop the story with @jonnywaistcoat before writing then after he wrote first drafts I would redraft the episodes with him before recording. Statements were normally only small changes but dialogue and character work was a bit more full on especially in later seasons. Don't get me wrong though, @jonnywaistcoat is very much the horror guy of the two of us.
For Protocol though, @jonnywaistcoat explicitly asked that I generate the metaphysics (fancy word for fear logic etc.) and so I offered to co-write and that means getting to do first drafts.
Personally, I think I am probably better at writing than I am directing but I suspect directing is a rarer skillset so I get more work in that vein.
Left to my own devices I would probably do a lot more writing, I've wanted to write a YA series for years not to mention a dark fantasy trilogy and some sci fi but there's just not the time for me to sustain something like Rusty Quill and write novels so I guess your stuck with me podcasting for a while yet.
