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Rob Long learns something from the people who work at the Apple Store: when you go on break, always take off your T-shirt and ID badge.

Rob Long tries to follow the only rule in screenwriting: he tries not to be boring.

Rob Long muses on the only two things that anyone in Hollywood really cares about. Getting credit and getting paid.  Not in that order.

Rob Long on who gets credit – and money – for what on a writing staff.  And more importantly, who gets blame. 

Rob Long discusses the three stages of a writing staff – when everybody's nice, when everybody's funny, and when everybody's mean.  It happens fast.

Rob Long goes to a French restaurant, tries to break the rules, and fails -- and he twists the whole thing into a parable about the entertainment business.

Rob Long drives around and gets lost, and then does what people do when they're in the car and trying to figure things out: he turns down the radio.  It's a metaphor...

Rob Long can't take a compliment from an executive, and as punishment, he's subjected to an awkward personal conversation. It was worse than it sounds.

Rob Long talks about the cruelest thing you can do to a room full of writers. No, not more script notes. It involves lunch.

Rob Long spins a writer's fantasy. What would it be like to spend a day with a studio or network executive, and give them notes and comments about their job?