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Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle

Episode - 256

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June 28, 2016 Follow Up, Pitches, QandA, Scriptnotes, So-Called Experts, Story and Plot, Transcribed

John and Craig consider a new master class in screenwriting taught by Aaron Sorkin, and a very old Greek word (anagnorisis) championed by Aristotle. Both are useful!

Then it’s a look at what we mean by “originality,” including a very useful litmus test provided by Lindsay Doran.

Reminder that the 250-epsiode Scriptnotes USB drives are now available. Find the link below.

Links:

  • Scriptnotes, 255: New and Old Hollywood, with guest Billy Ray
  • ‘Hatton Garden Job’ Beats Other Pics About Famed UK Heist To Production on Deadline, and our discussion in episode 234
  • Our bonus episode with Simon Kinberg
  • Scriptnotes, 235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys
  • 250-episode Scriptnotes USB drives are now available for purchase from the John August Store
  • The Verge on Aaron Sorkin’s screenwriting MasterClass
  • Our bonus episode featuring Aaron Sorkin
  • Anagnorisis, and how to pronounce it
  • John Oliver on Brexit, before the vote
  • Steve Yedlin On Color Science
  • Codenames on Board Game Geek, and A Fake Artist Goes to New York
  • Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 7-1-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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