E2 · The story department
The Writers Room
Every E2 story starts here. Written in public, pinned to the wall, built by really good kind people.
This is the research document for the world of E2: what we're making, why we're making it, and the ideas on the wall right now.
Ideas / Recent Ideas
The cards on the wall right now. Newest first.
Judge Tootie
A judge named Tootie. It sounds like she's farting, which Marty thinks is hilarious, and it's a play on Judge Duty.
The Spielberg Y/T view
Every character has a Y version (young, the inner child) and a T version (today). They all came from hard times. We cut between the two.
Fat Dinesh era
Dinesh is fat for a few years, then becomes healthier. Slowly. For himself. Never ripped. Improvement, not perfection.
The romance arc
Chadwick and Sally date, then part kindly. Dinesh's crush doesn't land. Fifteen years later she marries someone new. Nobody's the villain.
The Janitor
He's been mopping in the background of every scene. His crazy life gets revealed piece by piece. He was the wisest person in the building all along.
Mike's brother
Never shows up to work. Mike is too intense, his brother is too easygoing. They work it out eventually. Comedy with heart.
The camp-Chadwick impression
Marty's pitch-perfect Chadwick: the giant grin, the guitar poses, the extremely serious hand motions. Sally laughed so hard she snorted.
Chadwick's First Sales Call
Chadwick Blaze announced that he had booked a sales call with a real human.
Sally's world videos
Sally makes a vertical and a horizontal video about the world she's had in her head. Then she and Dinesh get on a video call and build it together.
What we're doing here
The research, stated plainly.
The mission
E2 is a kinder world, and the Writers Room is where it gets written. Every story, song, and video starts as an idea on this wall. Everything is made in public, so the audience watches the world get built in real time.
The Y/T framework
Every character has two versions: Y (young, the inner child, still in the hard part) and T (today, grown, still carrying it). The crew you meet are the T versions: wonderful to work with, and they came from hard times. The Y/T cuts start in Sally's first videos.
The rule
Improvement, not perfection. Characters grow, but nobody gets fully fixed. Dinesh gets healthier, never ripped. Chadwick stays intense, just loosens his grip. Kinder, not perfect.
The next two weeks
Sally's vertical and horizontal videos about the world in her head, then the video call where she and Dinesh build it together. That's the core. Everything else riffs off those two beats.
The Pixar study
Our visual research: Sally and Chadwick in the white startup room, working the big idea board. Four studies, each with a full text breakdown.
Study 1: The Board
The giant wall of ideas, from behind. The mission statement of the room.
Study 2: The Pair
Both pinning side by side, laughing. The collaboration study.
Study 3: The Pin
Close up. Sally pins high, Chadwick holds the stack. The craft study.
Study 4: The Step Back
Arms crossed, admiring the wall. The payoff study.
Read the full research document
Every study with a complete text breakdown: the characters, the setting, the action, and what each study taught us about the room.
Open the Pixar studyStory arcs in progress
What's on the board, with honest progress.
50 songs in public
The mission. Every song written where everyone can watch.
5 instruments in a year
Deep in the 99-day piano run. The songs are getting good.
The Short Bus musical
Chadwick mapped act two on the big board. It finally makes sense.
Sally becomes the Studio
Her voice becomes the home of everything. Every update lives there.
The long arcs
The romance, Fat Dinesh, the Janitor, the brother. Fifteen years of story, pinned to one wall.
Come build a better world with us.
The Writers Room is where E2 gets written. If you are a really good kind person, there is a place for you in it.
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