Write On with 'Blindspotting' Co-Creator Rafael Casal

Final Draft's Write On podcast series sits down with co-creator
Rafael Casal on the second season of his half-hour comedy series
Blindspotting. The show centers on Ashley, who lives in Oakland,
Calif. When her partner (who is also the father of her son) is
sent to prison, she must move in with her mother-in-law, played
by Helen Hunt. “That’s a part of writing for actors. You know
what they're capable of and so sometimes in the script you're not
writing everything they do, but you're writing the window into
them having the freedom to do what they do best,” Casal says
about writing for actors.


He also discusses what he looks for in a writer when hiring to
fill his room. “I don't want somebody who's just trying to color
within the lines book, especially for a show like ours that is
really non-traditional. I'm looking for people that are willing
to kick out an idea and try something even if it only works 70%
of the way but you took the swing,” he says.  

Blindspotting airs on STARZ.