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Secrets and Lies

Episode - 151

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July 1, 2014 News, QandA, Scriptnotes, Story and Plot, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed, Words on the page

John and Craig discuss why most characters are liars, and how that’s actually a good thing. John offers seven suggestions for picking character names that will help your readers. Then we look at a three page challenge that’s been filmed to see what worked on the page versus on screen.

In follow-up, we discuss the Aereo decision and our mutual love of Slate’s Culture Gabfest.

Finally, we answer a reader question about the proper protocol for checking in after a meeting.

Links:

  • Sundance Screenwriters Lab
  • Scriptnotes, Episode 131: Procrastination and Pageorexia
  • The Aereo lawsuit on Upstart
  • The Supreme Court’s Aereo decision
  • Wikipedia on cable television
  • Slate Culture Gabfest “Summer Strut 2014” Edition
  • Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter
  • Pre-lap on Screenwriting.io
  • Three Pages by Rob Yescombe, and the scene on YouTube
  • Datura on Wikipedia
  • @SavedYouAClick on Twitter
  • Clickhole by The Onion
  • How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Regis Duffy (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

UPDATE 7-3-14: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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