W. Reed Moran is a former Washington, D.C. lawyer who discovered that it was writing and teaching he loved, not corporate law. Upon moving to Los Angeles, he worked as writer on the staff of four network drama series: Simon & Simon (CBS), Sidekicks (ABC), MacGyver (ABC), and Hollywood Detective (A&E).  

Reed also wrote and sold a number of network drama pilots, feature and TV movie scripts and animation, as well as episodes for such series as Star Trek: The Next Generation, Swamp Thing, Baywatch, Renegade, Silk Stalkings, The Watcher, and Hollywood Detective.

He was nominated for a CableAce Award (Best Writing On A Dramatic Series) for his work on Hollywood Detective.

His professional screenwriting work includes the genres of mystery, science fiction, action adventure, dramatic comedy, family drama, children’s programming, and animation.

Reed has published over one hundred articles as a medical journalist for USA Today online and many for other publications. In that capacity, he has interviewed scores of public figures in politics, entertainment, and professional sports, including:

He teaches creative writing in Los Angeles and English literature in the summer program at Phillips Exeter Academy in New Hampshire. A  Phi Beta Kappa graduate of Dartmouth College and University of Virginia Law School, he served on the screenwriting faculty at California State University at Long Beach in 2007.

1. Structure: identifying general problems with plot, pacing, logic, and the organization of main and subplots.
2. Theme(s):  helping clarify the “message,” “moral,” or “world view” the Client hopes the manuscript will communicate to readers.
3. Characters: identifying problems with fictional characters’ motivation, action, language and relationships to each other.
4. Dialog: identifying problems with characters’ speech, including individual “voice,” motivation, pacing of dialog, and narrative logic, and “credibility” of verbal interactions.
5. Narration: identifying problems with “voice,” narrative logic, and point of view.

Screenwriting

Medical Journalist, USA Today: Over 100 internationally syndicated articles, combining major health issues, interviews with medical experts, and
public figure advocates.

Writer/Producer – Network and Cable Television
17 years of producing, staff, and freelance experience, including “top ten” shows, pilots, and movies.

Attorney – Howrey LLP, Washington, D.C.
International, corporate, and antitrust law

Award: CableAce Nomination, Best Writing in a Dramatic Series, “Hollywood Detective,” Arts & Entertainment Network

Writer:

"Extreme Ghostbusters" (1 episode, 1997)

- Mole People (1997) TV Episode (writer)

"Waynehead" (1 episode, 1996)

- Three Hats and You're Out (1996) TV Episode

"Swamp Thing" (3 episodes, 1992-1993)

- Vendetta (1993) TV Episode (writer)
- Judgement Day (1992) TV Episode (writer)
- Powers of Darkness (1992) TV Episode (writer)

"Renegade" (1992) TV Series (unknown episodes)

"Baywatch" (2 episodes, 1989-1991)

- The Fabulous Buchannon Boys (1991) TV Episode
- The Reunion (1989) TV Episode

"Hollywood Detective" (1991) TV Series (writer)

"Star Trek: The Next Generation" (1 episode, 1990)

- Sins of the Father (1990) TV Episode (teleplay)

"MacGyver" (3 episodes, 1987-1989)

- The Survivors (1989) TV Episode
- Mask of the Wolf (1988) TV Episode
- Blow Out (1987) TV Episode

"Simon & Simon" (4 episodes, 1985-1988)

- Beauty and Deceased (1988) TV Episode (writer)
- The Cop Who Came to Dinner (1986) TV Episode (teleplay)
- The Skull of Nostradamus (1985) TV Episode (writer)
- The Enchilada Express (1985) TV Episode (teleplay)

"MacGyver" (1985) TV Series (executive story consultant)