22. Melinda Hsu Taylor, Showrunner

Melinda Hsu Taylor is a television writer and producer. She is currently Executive Producer and showrunner of Tom Swift and co-showrunner of Nancy Drew for the CW Network. Melinda was also a writer on Lost and was nominated for the Writers Guild of America Award for best drama series on the fifth season of Lost. She won a Primetime Emmy Award for the series' sixth and final season and has also worked as a writer on Medium, Vanished, Women's Murder Club, Falling Skies, Touch, The Vampire Diaries, The Gifted and Nancy Drew. In this episode, she talks about how shows like Star Trek  inspired her to become a writer, her journey to becoming a television writer, and what it's like working in the writers' room. To find out more about Melinda's work, visit her IMDB page. Key points include: 06:18: Moving up in the writer's room 10:15: How the writer's room works 20:26: Why television shows have multiple writers