Tim Kring Reveals Why He Hired Short Story Writers for His New TV Drama, Touch

Posted on March 3, 2012

In this video, writer and producer Tim Kring (Heroes), talks about what he looks for when he hires screenwriters for his new show Touch, which stars Kiefer Sutherland as the father of a autistic boy who sees the world in a unique way. Kring said that he hired short story writers, because of the way the show is structured, saying: "One of the things I set out to do in terms of finding writers for this show -- I was very interested in writers who wanted to write short stories. In essence, short stories. So I was interested in writers that were really good at creating characters. Who really wanted to tell stories that were contained, and had a beginning, a middle and an end."

The writers talk about why they like the structure of the show, and how they approach writing each week. Touch premieres on Fox on Thursday, March 22, 2012 at 9:00 p.m. Eastern/8:00 p.m. central time. Take a look: