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Psych 101

Resenting your audience

January 4, 2012 Follow Up, Psych 101

Pivoting of the discussion Craig and I had about Charlie Kaufman’s speech, Josh Barkey outlines a path that may lead screenwriters to resent their audiences.

Workspace: Christine Boylan

December 2, 2011 Psych 101, Television, Workspace

Screenwriter and TV scribe Christine Boylan talks through her work habits and tools.

Why France exhausts me

November 6, 2011 Books, Psych 101, Travel

At the end of any day in which I’ve had to keep up in French, I’m zombie-tired. Research Daniel Kahneman has the explanation.

The Good Boy Syndrome, and whether film school is worth it

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October 19, 2011 Education, Psych 101, Scriptnotes, Transcribed

John and Craig discuss why screenwriters want to please people — and how it often hurts them and the movie they’re writing — before a lengthy discussion of the pros and cons of going to film school.

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