John and Craig welcome back Aline Brosh McKenna to tackle the issue of idea management. What do you do with all those half-formed ideas and how do you decide which ones to pursue? They share best practices and their approach to middle-of-the-night inspiration.
We’ll also discuss how screenwriters’ quotes are determined and answer some listener questions.
Links:
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* [The Shadows Casting Call](johnaugust.com/casting) John is looking for a 15-year-old blind actress for the lead role — please help by sharing this link with anyone who might be a good fit!
* [Dungeon World](https://dungeon-world.com/)
* [Crazy, Rich Asians Pay Disparity](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/crazy-rich-asians-screenwriter-adele-lim-exits-sequel-pay-disparity-dispute-1236431)
* [Searching for Bobby Fischer](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0108065/)
* [After Dark My Sweet](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0098994/)
* [Reg Ex Crossword Puzzle](https://regexcrossword.com)
* [Sooth](https://www.soothe.com/) Massage App
* [Assassin’s Creed](https://assassinscreed.ubisoft.com/game/en-us/games)
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [Aline Brosh McKenna](https://twitter.com/alinebmckenna) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Victor Krause ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
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**UPDATE 10-1-19:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-417-idea-management-transcript).