John and Craig welcome writer-director Lulu Wang (The Farewell) to discuss not explaining things and the recipe for creating your own luck.
We also answer listener questions on reactive protagonists, finding friends in LA, and Chris McQuarrie’s Twitter thread.
Links:
* [The Farewell](https://a24films.com/films/the-farewell)
* Chris McQuarrie [Twitter Thread](https://nofilmschool.com/christopher-mcquarrie-twitter-writing-advice)
* [A Lot Of Old Sitcoms Don’t Hold Up. “The Mary Tyler Moore Show” Does.](https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/jenniferkeishinarmstrong/mary-tyler-moore-show-streaming-friends-sitcoms) by Jennifer Keishin Armstrong
* [God Warrior Remains a Beloved Meme, But Marguerite Perrin Isn’t Afraid of Dark-Sided Stuff Anymore](https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/tv/a29669768/where-is-god-warrior-dark-sided-meme-marguerite-perrin-today-interview/) by Justin Klein
* [Three Women](https://www.amazon.com/Three-Women-Lisa-Taddeo/dp/1451642296) by Lisa Taddeo
* [Lulu Wang](https://twitter.com/thumbelulu) on Twitter
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by James Llonch & Jim Bond ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_426_lulu.mp3).
**UPDATE 11-29-19:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-426-chance-favors-the-prepared-with-lulu-wang-transcript).