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Hear from one of the Duffer Brothers about the collaborative writing process for 'Stranger Things.' He shares how they rely on each other, the writers, and the cast to ensure every story decision feels natural and resonates emotionally.
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00:00That's the thing. You never want to do something for shock value. So that's the thing that Ross and I
00:04wanted to avoid. It always had to be, you know, if you're going to do something, there has to be
00:10a reason behind it that is much more meaningful than just shocking or surprising the audience. So that was sort
00:17of, that was how we approached it.
00:21I mean, you know, there's so much noise around the show and, you know, everyone wants different things, etc. So
00:29because the fan base is so large and the demographic is so spread that at the end of the day,
00:38you just can't really worry about it too much. You're going to drive yourself crazy.
00:42So it just, our approach is sort of to try as much to replicate how we wrote season one, which
00:51is just rely on each other and our instincts and rely on the other writers in terms of what feels
00:58right to us.
00:59And if Ross and I are happy with it and the other writers are happy with it, and then ultimately
01:05if the actors are happy with it, we feel we've landed in a good place and hopefully that resonates with
01:11the audience.
01:12I mean, you just, you explore every ride. I mean, you spend so many hours in the writer's room.
01:16So we probably explored every single possible version, right?
01:21And which is always fun. And you're like, what does this do to the show? What does this do to
01:26the other characters? What feels natural? What feels forced?
01:29I mean,
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