I was a struggling features screen writer and a part time journalist and I had known Chris Carter. I had met him some years before at a book group.

I was watching The X Files on TV during the first season and a friend of mine who also wanted to be a writer called me and asked me if I could get him a meeting with Chris to pitch some story ideas for The X Files.

So I called Chris and I said, 'I�ve got this friend, he�d like to pitch some ideas to you, would you be willing to meet with him?' And Chris said 'No, but I would be willing to meet with you. Do you have any ideas?'

I didn�t but I immediately went back to work and thought of three ideas. I came and I pitched them, and I got shot down.

I thought, well that�s the end of that, and then he called me a couple of weeks later and he said, 'You know I shot down those ideas but they were actually pretty good, in this way and this way and this way. If you can rework them or come up with some new ideas I�d like to hear them.'

So I started working on another round of ideas and while I was still working on that second pitch, two co-executive producers of the show resigned and he called me on a Thursday and said, 'Forget the pitch, can you come in and join the staff?'

So on Monday I started writing for The X Files and this is my seventh year on the show.

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