Write On with 'Daisy Jones & the Six' Co-Showrunner Scott Neustadter

The story of how Daisy Jones & the Six went from book to TV
show is a fascinating one. Scott Neustadter, best known for
comedies like 500 Days of Summer and The Disaster Artist,
was sent the unpublished manuscript about the rise of a rock band
in Los Angeles in the 1970s, on a whim.


Little did he know it would become a bestseller. At the time, he
had given the book to his wife, with whom he had never worked
before. But she just so happened to be at Reese Witherspoon’s
production company, Hello Sunshine. They loved the book and his
adaptation and the show was born. Now, Neustadter is the
co-creator and co-showrunner of the Amazon show.


Final Draft’s podcast Write On sat down with Neustadter to hear
about his process. “If you're going to write television– it's an
important, huge undertaking so you have to have passion, you have
to love the thing... It isn't something you can do on the side.
It will become your whole life, so you better love it,” he
said.

Daisy Jones & the Six is available on Amazon Prime.


Please note: this podcast was recorded prior to the WGA
Strike.