Jan 2, 2018
John and Craig discuss suspense and its function in all genres, from thrillers to romcoms. They examine suspense of the known and of the unknown and the techniques available to construct it.
We also answer listeners questions about registering scripts with the WGA, how to overcome creative paralysis and unconventional sluglines.
Links:
* The
WGA’s page regarding sexual harassment
* The
Wedding Planner, Die Hard, Three’s
Company, Man Up, and the
old ketchup
commercials are great examples of suspense
* Thanks to Katie
Dippold, who pitched the idea for this episode
* Weekend
Read has many of this season’s awards scripts posted for your
reading pleasure
* Flipflop Solitaire
by Zach Gage, who also made Really Bad Chess
* Slate’s podcast, Slow
Burn
* The Scriptnotes Listeners’
Guide!
*
The USB drives!
* John August on
Twitter
* Craig Mazin on
Twitter
* John on
Instagram
* Find past episodes
* Outro by
Travis Newton (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.