Punch It: Writing in Star Trek

Enjoy this short holiday message from your crew at Punch It  We'll be back in the New Year and before we took a break we wanted to tell you guys how much you mean to us. On top of all that, the holidays can be extremely stressful. If you're feeling...

All the captains were written uniquely and all the actors had input The captain has always been the main focus of the story, until recently. In Star Trek, they command the crew as well as the show. But the beauty of it is there is no one set mold for...

Punch It continues its writing analysis of Gilmore Girls with season 6? When Punch It changed formats to being a Star Trek podcast, we promised that we wouldn't abandon certain themes we've been working on. Our Gilmore Girls series review was one of...

Depression, Mental Illness, and Trauma in Star Trek The above realities have been dealt with more than you think in Star Trek. Sometimes better than others but at least they've been given a face in our favorite franchise. Every single iteration of...

Star Trek story-on-the-fly about the Defiant? Finding the gaps in Star Trek and creating stories in-between is one of the many great things about being a fan. Char and Tristan love being able to ask "What if?" and develop interesting stories around...

A Star Trek story written on-the-fly about Cartwright and Valeris  Star Trek fans love a good continuation. We live for stories of the minutia and that are around the corners from the characters we know and love. That is where we are with Admiral...

The many different types of story arcs in Star Trek Star Trek is known to be heavily episodic by nature. TOS, TNG, VOY and even early DS9 and ENT were all episodic. DS9 and ENT both slowly turned into a serialized show but they definitely didn’t...

The Writing Styles of Star Trek's Bottle Shows  Whether you know the technical term or not, you are aware of the concept as a Star Trek fan: Bottle Shows. It's where the production team tries to save some money and has their intrepid crew stay put on...

Rewriting Star Trek: Voyager's "Threshold" This is the first episode of the rebranded Punch It! We are now Punch It: Writing in Star Trek. We hope you join us as we take this trek through the stars have more of a focus on the final frontier. Don't...

Star Trek: Discovery Writing Style We're four episodes into Star Trek: Discovery on CBS All Access and boy do people have differing opinions. Regardless of opinion, CBS brought in some heavy hitters when it comes to the writers room. But is the...