John and Craig tackle the growing mailbag to answer listener questions on writing uncomfortable scenes, options vs. sales, and portraying internet stories on screen.
We also follow up on screenwriting structure and address what’s missing in text messages on television.
Finally in our bonus segment for premium members, we offer advice on living in small towns versus big cities.
Links:
* [TV Characters Don’t Have Text History. This Is Not OK](https://www.wired.com/story/texting-on-tv/) by Zak Jason
* [John’s post on feature residuals](https://johnaugust.com/2021/feature-residuals-and-the-mystery-of-svod)
* [Chris Lee for Vulture, on the GameStop projects in development](https://www.vulture.com/2021/02/inside-hollywoods-rush-to-make-the-first-gamestop-movie.html)
* [Overnight Documentary](https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0390336/)
* [Why Computers Will Never Write Good Novels](https://nautil.us/issue/95/escape/why-computers-will-never-write-good-novels) by Angus Fletcher
* [Negaoryx Twitter Response to Trolls](https://twitter.com/negaoryx/status/1354147400160403457?s=21) and for reference [Schrödinger’s Douchebag](https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Schr%C3%B6dinger%27s%20Douchebag)
* [Sarah Silverman Twitter Troll](https://www.menshealth.com/trending-news/a19545958/sarah-silverman-twitter-exchange/)
* Special thanks to [Bo Shim](https://twitter.com/byshim)!
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**UPDATE 2-26-21** The transcript for this episode can now be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2021/scriptnotes-episode-489-kingdom-of-cringe-transcript).