If you’re stuck in trying to come up with or build out a plot, why not look at a book like Plotto the way it was meant to be experienced? This means flipping through its 300 pages and trying to find the ideas that jump out at you. I feel it my librarian-ly obligation to encourage you to get out of your house and do a little research when you’re trying to develop a new idea. It’s a fun and unique experience to come to a place like the WGF Library and ask to see some of the older vault materials.

Writers of any background are smart to read and champion stories by Latinx writers about the Latinx experience. Oftentimes, these narratives are road maps for finding heart, humor, and pride in your life and in the story you're trying to tell—no matter your background or how you identify yourself. With this in mind, here are five scripts to take a look at the next time you find yourself in the WGF Library.

Happy Anniversary to Freaks and Geeks! The first episode, written by series creator Paul Feig, aired on NBC on September 25th, 1999. Just over twenty years later, the pilot script remains especially high on my list of recommended reading for patrons visiting the WGF Library.

Freaks and Geeks was a small and magical burst of television—like a song by Joan Jett & Blackhearts—short, raucous, but packed with emotion and entirely enduring… probably twenty years ahead of its time. If you’re a writer at any level in your career, you probably aspire to write something that really packs a wallop and sticks with people in the same way.