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So Many Questions

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March 11, 2014 Film Industry, QandA, Scriptnotes, Transcribed, Words on the page

John has questions about the questions Craig answered on his Reddit AMA, but that’s just the tip of the iceberg as we answer six great listener questions:

  • What’s the deal with the “mystery insider” Twitter accounts?
  • Can a screenwriter use the n-word?
  • If we had to start from scratch, what would we do?
  • What did we mean by “lens selection?”
  • To CONT’D, or not to CONT’D?
  • Starting over after big life events.

Also, a reminder to Oscar winners: if you’re going to thank the creative team, don’t neglect to thank the screenwriter.

LINKS:

  • If/Then, a new musical starring Idina Menzel
  • The Wrap on the rift between Steve McQueen and John Ridley
  • Craig’s AMA on Reddit
  • Accidental Tech Podcast episode 54, in which they discuss our Final Draft episode, and their follow-up on episode 55
  • Floppy Music (Tainted Love)
  • Spritz for speed-reading
  • Outro by Scriptnotes listener Jakob Freudenthal

You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3.

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

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