How This Writer Went From Critical Role Fan to Prime Video Showrunner – Business Insider

Tasha Huo, showrunner for Critical Role’s Prime Video series, “The Mighty Nein.” Anna Webber/Getty Images for Prime Video Tasha Huo is the showrunner for Critical Role’s Prime Video series, “The Mighty Nein.” Huo was a fan of the crew’s Twitch stream years before working on the show. She told Business Insider all about her writing process, and shared her top tips for getting a dream writing gig. Tasha Huo and I don’t make it a minute into our conversation before we start gushing about wizards — and that’s how I know I’m talking to a true Critical Role fan. Huo is the showrunner of “The Mighty Nein,” Critical Role’s second animated series with Prime Video. “The Mighty Nein” follows the success of “The Legend of Vox Machina,” the series for which Critical Role raised over $11.3 million in Kickstarter seed funding in 2019. Now, Huo, a longtime viewer of the show, is the series’ creative writing powerhouse. Nerding out over ‘D&D’ Huo, who’s based in Los Angeles, said she first started playing “Dungeons & Dragons” as a kid, but hadn’t touched the game for years. In her adult life, a friend wanted her to join his “D&D” campaign and recommended
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