Watching Bones

Ever wonder what’s behind some of our favorite shows? Well, besides a good cast and crew, we already know, and have never felt their importance more so than recently, we know there’s the writers. Well, ever wonder about them? The writers, I mean. Who are these people that so brilliantly, and sometimes maybe not so brilliantly, bring these characters to life that we follow week after week, hopefully pining away for them as the seasons come to an end, waiting anxiously for the next season to start so we can pick up where we left off… Wow, these guys have a lot of sway over us, the audience!

Well, Bones Creator and Executive Producer Hart Hanson, has answered the question Why We Write in an article posted on the blog by the same name. His response is incredible, I can’t even give you a review that would bring it justice. I’m not really talking about mind-blowing, eye-opening stuff, but you really get a look into the mind of a creative vessel, if that’s what you would call it. Hart Hanson comes across as someone who would be a heck of a lot of fun to hang out with just to see what he was going to come up with next.

He beings his piece by saying “Obviously, I write because something in my psyche went horribly wrong. You know what I’m talking about. If I were a healthy, fully-integrated, functional human being I’d explore the ocean floor or build bridges or perform heart-transplants on blue babies. So would you.

My number one job? Blimp driver! C’mon! Drifting over big cool events waving down at throngs of the earth-bound? Flying at about the same speed as a wobbly drunk crossing the street? How sweet would that be?”

Later on, he says, “I write because I’m totally confused by the world. I never know what’s going on. I absolutely never know what absolutely anything absolutely means. I ask and the good-hearted, intelligent souls around me do their best to explain but I don’t get it.”

If you’re a fan of the show, do yourself a favor and go check out Hart’s answer to why he writes and get a little insight into the person who’s driving the show. You won’t regret it!