“Secrets of Transformation: How Laura Eason Breathed New Life Into ‘Three Women’ as a Bold TV Masterpiece”
Sometimes, the writers decided that specific aspects of a character’s story needed more room to breathe. Luckily, with TV, Eason and her team had the flexibility to dive deeper into individual stories rather than forcing all the characters’ arcs into a single episode’s theme.
“This gave the space to really honor the specificity of their story while building an arc over the course of the season,” Eason said. “Four different stories interweaving in three or four different locations over a number of years. The goal was to hang onto the essence and the emotional truth of the characters and the book, but really make the show its own thing that lives on its own terms.”
