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EPISODE · Nov 12, 2025 · 45 MIN

From Twilight Zone to Today: Paul Chitlik on the Art of Screenwriting

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Send us Fan MailA master storyteller shares decades of lessons and his newest book.Description - : Paul Chitlik has written for all the major networks and studios in English and in Spanish.  He was story editor for MGM/UA'S "The New Twilight Zone," and staff writer for Showtime's sitcom "Brothers."  He directed episodes and was coordinating producer for “Real Stories of the Highway Patrol” and “U.S. Customs Classified.”  He wrote and produced “Alien Abduction” for UPN.  He wrote, produced, and directed “Ringling Brothers Revealed” a special for The Travel Channel.  (He had been a roustabout for Circus Vargas years earlier.)  He wrote, produced and directed “The Wedding Dress,” for Amazon Prime.  He received a Writers Guild of America award nomination for "The Twilight Zone" and a GLAAD Media Award nomination for "Los Beltrán,” for Telemundo.  He won a Genesis Award for a Showtime Family movie. He taught in the MFA programs of UCLA, and many prestigious universities around the world.  His book, “Rewrite,” is available in English, Chinese, and Korean.  His latest novel is “Lies, All Lies.”  His latest screenwriting book is “The Screenwriting Sensei.” And we will cover that book today.

Send us Fan Mail A master storyteller shares decades of lessons and his newest book. Description - : Paul Chitlik has written for all the major networks and studios in English and in Spanish. He was story editor for MGM/UA'S "The New Twilight Zone," and staff writer for Showtime's sitcom "Brothers." He directed episodes and was coordinating producer for “Real Stories of the Highway Patrol” and “U.S. Customs Classified.” He wrote and produced “Alien Abduction” for UPN. ...

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