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Writing a feature for Wired magazine – live

Wired magazine is publishing a blog about the commissioning and writing of a feature about Charlie Kaufman.The latest installment on September 5 sees some ‘creative brainstorming’ because Kaufman doesn’t want to sit for a photo-shoot.

The project outline on Wired.com says it’s ‘an almost-real-time, behind-the-scenes look at the assigning, writing, editing, and designing of a Wired feature.’

Wired creative director Scott Dadich’s SPD blog, The Process, explains the design side of things. It posts internal e-mails, audio, video, drafts, memos, and layouts.

The thinking behind the one-off experiment is to ‘pull back the curtain’ on the process of making magazines. See the video The Birth of Storyboard for how it all began