The Writers Room Survival Guide: Don’t Screw Up the Lunch Order and Other Keys to a Happy Writers’ Room

Writers’ rooms can be a heaven or hell, depending on a few things.

The best rooms foster inclusive and productive creative flow. The worst create a toxic stew of bad feelings and doubt. Both kinds and everything in between require basic knowledge of how the room works. These fundamentals are best learned before you go in. The mystery box of the writers’ room need not stay sealed shut forever. Consider this book your crowbar.