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Good actors and bad writing partners

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November 1, 2011 QandA, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

Craig and John go through the mailbox to answer listener questions. Can great actors save bad writing? What happens when writing partners split up? Are flashbacks always a bad idea? Should a young British comedy writer move to America?

All this, plus discussion of Halloween, Screenwriting.io and dressing up dogs.

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LINKS:

* [Halloween pop-ups’ key to turning profit is no trick](http://www.washingtonpost.com/business/capitalbusiness/halloween-pop-up-stores-are-taking-over-area-shopping-centers/2011/10/13/gIQAg3AApL_story.html)
* [Jack Chick tracts](http://www.chick.com/default.asp)
* [American Horror Story](http://www.fxnetwork.com/shows/originals/ahs/)
* [I Am Wonder Woman](http://www.amazon.com/dp/0060565179/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) by Nina Jaffe
* Intro: [Wonder Woman Spins, season two](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4RzfLXzebs4)
* Outro: [Songs that Answer Questions](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pDfiGooHLeU) by the Gaither Vocal Band

You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_10.m4a).

UPDATE 11-7-11: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2011/scriptnotes-ep-10-good-actors-and-bad-writing-partners-transcript).

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