Editing Anne Cofell Saunders
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In an interview in May 2006, <ref> [http://www.syfyportal.com/news.php?id=2603 SyFy Portal] </ref> Saunders expressed admiration for her fellow BSG writers, [[Mark Verheiden]], [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]], [[Jeff Vlaming]], and [[Carla Robinson]], calling them "some of the strongest writers Hollywood can offer" and said that Executive Producer [[Ron D. Moore|Ron Moore]] continues to surprise and challenge the writers to take risks, such as with the Season 2 finale's {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}} shocking one-year leap forward in time, an episode Saunders is proud she wrote. | In an interview in May 2006, <ref> [http://www.syfyportal.com/news.php?id=2603 SyFy Portal] </ref> Saunders expressed admiration for her fellow BSG writers, [[Mark Verheiden]], [[David Weddle]], [[Bradley Thompson]], [[Jeff Vlaming]], and [[Carla Robinson]], calling them "some of the strongest writers Hollywood can offer" and said that Executive Producer [[Ron D. Moore|Ron Moore]] continues to surprise and challenge the writers to take risks, such as with the Season 2 finale's {{TRS|Lay Down Your Burdens, Part II}} shocking one-year leap forward in time, an episode Saunders is proud she wrote. | ||
Either by luck or design, Saunders has created or written some of the strongest female characters on BSG, including [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]], | Either by luck or design, Saunders has created or written some of the strongest female characters on BSG, including [[Helena Cain|Admiral Cain]], [[Kara Thrace|Starbuck]] and [[Laura Roslin]]. "I feel a strong affinity with Starbuck's character," Saunders said in the interview. "As a woman, wouldn't it be great to be a fighter pilot? To be that outrageously tough chick?" | ||
Having the chance to write for Laura Roslin, the teacher who becomes the colonies' president, is something Saunders said she really looked forward to because of her own background in teaching. "I taught at the university level, and I taught high school in Japan, and the one thing a teacher has to do is set parameters and have a strong presence," Saunders said. "You have to love Roslin when she said (to Adama), 'You have to kill her (Cain).' To me, she was drawing her line in the sand." | Having the chance to write for Laura Roslin, the teacher who becomes the colonies' president, is something Saunders said she really looked forward to because of her own background in teaching. "I taught at the university level, and I taught high school in Japan, and the one thing a teacher has to do is set parameters and have a strong presence," Saunders said. "You have to love Roslin when she said (to Adama), 'You have to kill her (Cain).' To me, she was drawing her line in the sand." | ||