Finally, for me the best thing about 4 years of consulting and part-time writing for the West Wing is that it is how I met my wife Allison Abner.

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That was the best part of writing -- it was reading it back to my mother, making them sit and listen to my work.

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One appealing feature of writing as a part-time job is that you can explore various fields of interest.

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Jackson, who is writing the screenplays for the two-part "Hobbit" which Guillermo del Toro will direct, said the first script for that project has been completed.

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But also, we have gone as far as we could -- keep in mind, the tax writing committees were not part of this negotiating process.

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We do wonder if the process of writing the 3 x 5-inch cards wasn't part of the learning, but this genuinely makes learning more fun, and that's something.

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