Lisedang: I think of these people as the protagonist of a story, and so i have to figure out, like, what's driving them? Ha, story. So that word becomes a sort of north star, a spine that you need to make sure is running throughout the piece. And does it come late in the process, like your describing letited with germy? Sometimes, sometimes not. It depends, like, at some point i'll figure out what it is. You have to call it the shillman. My impression of your experience of your work, both from talking to you to day, but also in general, is that it's really fun for youye
Michael Schulman is a staff writer for The New Yorker. He recently profiled Jeremy Strong of Succession.
”There's an interesting moment that's part of this job where you’ve spent a lot of time with someone and it often feels very personal and very intimate. And then when you go to write the piece, you have to sort of take a breath and say to yourself, Okay, I'm not writing this for this person. I'm writing this for the reader.”
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