Figuring out her story to tell: 'Jane the Virgin' head Jennie Snyder Urman opens up about the show
Sitting in her Encino office on a recent Thursday, Jennie Snyder Urman, the creator and showrunner of "Jane the Virgin," is more upbeat than one might expect, given that she's in the last stage of wrapping a series after five seasons on the air.
The night before, a pivotal step toward getting the series finale over the finish line was completed, bringing the end even closer. But Urman isn't wistful. OK, she's a little wistful. But mostly she's beaming through phrases such as "I feel great" and "It's what I wanted it to be." Because she's ready to release it to viewers after living in a vortex of goodbyes.
There was the goodbye when the writers crafted the last episode. The goodbye on the final day of filming. And then the goodbye of post-production, when the finishing touches are made.
"That's where I'm at now," she said. "One by one, the editors start to leave. It's this long goodbye, and it has all these different
