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The Black List, and a stack of scenes

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October 23, 2012 QandA, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

Recording live at the Austin Film Festival, John and Craig take a look at The Black List’s pivot to a paid site, and what it means for screenwriters and the industry. Black List creator Franklin Leonard joins us for questions and criticism.

Next, screenwriter Aline Brosh McKenna (The Devil Wears Prada, We Bought a Zoo) joins us to talk about the difference between Movie Stories and A Stack of Scenes. She stays with us to answer live questions from the audience.

Big thanks to both of our guests — our first ones ever — and to AFF for hosting the event. We had a blast, and hope to do more live events in the future.

LINKS:

  • Austin Film Festival
  • The Black List
  • Aline Brosh McKenna on IMDb
  • screenwriting.io
  • The Man Repeller blog
  • INTRO: Walker, Texas Ranger opening
  • OUTRO: The Yellow Rose of Texas

You can download the episode here: AAC.

UPDATE 10-25-12: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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