Editing Angel (1999 TV series) (section)

===Writing===
Script-writing was done by [[Mutant Enemy Productions|Mutant Enemy]], a production company created by Joss Whedon in 1997. The writers with the most writing credits for the series include: Joss Whedon, David Greenwalt, Tim Minear, Jeffrey Bell, [[David Fury]], [[Steven S. DeKnight]], [[Mere Smith]], and [[Elizabeth Craft and Sarah Fain]].<ref>Various authors, "[https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0162065/fullcredits Full Cast and Crew for ''Angel'']", ''Internet Movie Database'' (updated 2006).</ref> Other authors with writing credits include: [[Shawn Ryan]], [[Ben Edlund]], [[Drew Goddard]], Jeannine Renshaw, [[Howard Gordon]], [[Jim Kouf]], [[Jane Espenson]], [[Doug Petrie]], [[Tracey Stern]], [[David H. Goodman]], Scott Murphy, [[Marti Noxon]] and [[Brent Fletcher]].

Jane Espenson has explained how scripts came together for Mutant Enemy Productions series ''Buffy'', ''Angel'' and ''Firefly'':<ref name="espensonwriting">Espenson, Jane, "[http://www.fireflyfans.net/firefly/espenson.htm The Writing Process] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20071011095900/http://fireflyfans.net/firefly/espenson.htm |date=October 11, 2007 }}", ''Fireflyfans.net'' (2003).</ref> a meeting was held and an idea was floated (generally by Whedon) and the writers brainstormed to develop the central theme of the episode and the character development. Next, the staff met in the anteroom to Whedon's office to begin "breaking" the story into acts and scenes; the only one absent would be the writer working on the previous week's episode.

Next, the writers developed the scenes onto a marker-filled whiteboard, featuring a "brief ordered description of each scene."<ref name="espensonwriting" /> A writer was then selected to create an outline of the episode's concept– occasionally with some dialogue and jokes– in one day. The outline was then given to the show runner, who revised it within a day. The writer used the revised outline to write the first draft of the script while the other writers worked on developing the next. This first draft was usually submitted for revision within 3–14 days; afterward, a second (and sometimes third) draft was written. After all revisions were made, the final draft would be produced as the "shooting draft".