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June 6, 2017 Scriptnotes

Craig and John answer listener questions about writer agreements, videogame properties, and page one rewrites.

How should a writer decide whether it’s better to keep revising an unmade project, or start on something new? We try to offer guidelines for when to buckle down and when to move on.

Also, John coins a new term that will forever change film studies.

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  • This is why you want a writer’s agreement
  • WGA Collaboration Agreement
  • Rebecca Solnit: The Loneliness Of Donald Trump
  • Faraway Puzzle Escape
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  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Find past episodes
  • Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 6-25-17: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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