Editing J. Michael Straczynski (section)

==== Early work ====
Straczynski began writing plays, having several produced at [[Southwestern College (California)|Southwestern College]] and [[San Diego State University]] before publishing his adaptation of ''Snow White'' with Performance Publishing.<ref>{{Cite book |last=Straczynski |first=J. Michael |title=Snow White |publisher=Performance Publishing/Baker's Plays |year=1979 |isbn=0-87440-590-4 |pages=49}}</ref> Several other plays were produced around San Diego, including ''The Apprenticeship'' for the Marquis Public Theater. During the late 1970s, Straczynski became the on-air entertainment reviewer for KSDO-FM and wrote several radio plays before being hired as a scriptwriter for the radio drama ''[[Alien Worlds (radio)|Alien Worlds]]''.<ref name="AlienWorlds">{{Cite web |url=http://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/aw_.log.txt |title=Alien Worlds Radio Show Index |date=2007-07-25 |publisher=Old-time.com |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040808065436/http://www.old-time.com/otrlogs2/aw_.log.txt |archive-date=August 8, 2004}}</ref><ref name="IGN">{{cite web|last= Plume|first= Kenneth|title= Interview with J. Michael Straczynski (Part 1 of 4)|website= [[IGN]]|date= September 5, 2000|url= http://movies.ign.com/articles/035/035904p1.html|archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20140413041604/http://www.ign.com/articles/2000/09/05/interview-with-j-michael-straczynski-part-1-of-4|archive-date=2014-04-13 |url-status= live|access-date= November 13, 2010}}</ref>  He  produced his first television project in San Diego, ''Marty Sprinkle'' for [[KPBS (TV)|KPBS-TV]] as well as worked on the [[XETV-TDT|XETV-TV]] project ''[[Disasterpiece Theatre]]''.<ref name="Gale">{{Cite book|editor-first=Hal |editor-last=May |title=Contemporary Authors|volume=109|date=1983|publisher=Gale Research|isbn=0-8103-1909-8|oclc=24564715}}</ref> He worked as a journalist for the ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' as a special San Diego correspondent and worked for ''[[San Diego Magazine]]'' and ''The San Diego Reader'', and wrote for the ''[[Los Angeles Herald-Examiner]]'', the ''Los Angeles Reader, TV-Cable Week,'' and ''[[People (magazine)|''People'']]'' magazine.<ref name="IGN" /> Straczynski wrote ''The Complete Book of Scriptwriting'' for ''[[Writer's Digest]]''. Published in 1982, the book is often used as a text in introductory screenwriting courses,<ref name="HUP037_Scriptwriting">{{cite web|url=https://intranet.londonmet.ac.uk/prog-plan/postgrad-line/modules/hu/hup037.cfm|title=HUP037 Scriptwriting|publisher=[[London Metropolitan University]]|access-date=2007-09-13|work=Course Syllabus|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192329/https://intranet.londonmet.ac.uk/prog-plan/postgrad-line/modules/hu/hup037.cfm|archive-date=2011-07-16}}</ref><ref name="CW3029_Writing_for_Radio">{{cite web|url=http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/humanities/modules/cw3029.htm|title=CW3029 – Writing for Radio|year=2007|publisher=University of Central Lancashire|access-date=2007-09-13|author=Hart, Liz|work=Course Syllabus|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080121163300/http://www.uclan.ac.uk/facs/class/humanities/modules/cw3029.htm <!-- Bot retrieved archive -->|archive-date=2008-01-21}}</ref> and is in its third edition.

He spent five years from 1987 to 1992 co-hosting the ''[[Hour 25]]'' radio [[talk show]] on KPFK-FM Los Angeles with [[Larry DiTillio]]. During his tenure, he interviewed [[John Carpenter]], [[Neil Gaiman]], [[Ray Bradbury]], [[Harlan Ellison]] and other writers, producers, actors and directors. In 2000, Straczynski returned to radio drama with  ''[[The City of Dreams]]'' for [[Syfy#Websites and divisions|scifi.com]].