Craig and John talk about Craig’s decision to abandon [his once-bustling blog](http://artfulwriter.com/), while John weighs the pros and cons of comments and community.
How important is feedback? The Scriptnotes podcast gets [overwhelmingly positive](http://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/scriptnotes-podcast/id462495496) 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](http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/festivalandconference/).
LINKS:
* [The Artful Writer](http://artfulwriter.com/) (Craig’s blog)
* [UC Verde Buffalo Grass](http://ucverdebuffalograss.com/)
* INTRO: [I Learned It By Watching You](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Y-Elr5K2Vuo)
* OUTRO: [Black Sally](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GdEONARGHCM) by Funkoars feat. Maurice Greer
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_40.m4a).
**UPDATE** 6-7-12: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2012/scriptnotes-ep-40-death-and-feedback-transcript).