For the second part of our animation writing special, I sit down with Nick Rodriguez, staff writer at DreamWorks and a Walt Disney Television Writing Program Finalist. We talk about navigating talent agencies and TV startups at the beginning of his career, his ambition to bring queerness and diversity into the animation sphere and the persistency needed to thrive as a screenwriter in the city of stars. 

Find more about Nick's amazing work here:

Nick Rodriguez // Screenwriter (nickrodriguezwriter.com)

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(*) Note: this program was recorded before Disney's recent public controversy over the "Don't Say Gay" bill in Florida, so we couldn't address it in our conversation about queerness in big animation studios. But that makes my question and Nick's reflection all the more relevant, don't you think?