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Death and feedback

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June 5, 2012 Scriptnotes, Transcribed

Craig and John talk about Craig’s decision to abandon his once-bustling blog, while John weighs the pros and cons of comments and community.

How important is feedback? The Scriptnotes podcast gets overwhelmingly positive reviews — 99% are five stars — but how much of that is helpful or constructive?

We also go into follow-up about The Death of Screenwriting (as a career) and announce the first-ever Scriptnotes Live podcast, coming this October at the Austin Film Festival.

LINKS:

  • The Artful Writer (Craig’s blog)
  • UC Verde Buffalo Grass
  • INTRO: I Learned It By Watching You
  • OUTRO: Black Sally by Funkoars feat. Maurice Greer

You can download the episode here: AAC.

UPDATE 6-7-12: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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