How did you get started writing? I was 4 and dictating stories into a tape recorder, and my mom typed them up. You began your career writing screenplays. When did you switch to TV? I adopted a baby [at 32] and was suddenly a single mom staying at home, watching a lot of TV. I realized that all of the really good character development, especially for women, was on TV. What was the development process like for getting your first show [Grey's] on the air? I was working with ABC Studios on a pilot about female war correspondents. [But] the next year the studio wanted me to develop something else. I very astutely said, "What does [Disney CEO] Bob Iger want?" He wanted to have another medical show, so I wrote Grey's.
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