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Apr 29, 2014

Nothing is cut-and-dried this week. John and Craig talk Game of Thrones rape, allegations against director Bryan Singer and the new report showing the same low employment numbers for female writers in film and TV.

 

Then, what happens when a writer writes fan fiction for the novel she wrote but doesn't own? We talk...


Apr 22, 2014

Craig and John play marriage counsellor between writers and their scripts, looking at both the first spark of attraction and how to rekindle the flame when the fire has gone out.

 

There are still some tickets available for the Summer Superhero Spectacular live show on May 15th. Next week, we'll announce how the Three...


Apr 18, 2014

John hosts a panel on rewriting, featuring Kelly Marcel (Saving Mr. Banks), Linda Woolverton (The Lion King, Alice in Wonderland) and Scott Neustadter (The Spectacular Now, 500 Days of Summer). We discuss getting feedback and getting focus as you move beyond your first draft.

 

Recorded at the WGA Theater on April 12,...


Apr 15, 2014

John and Craig visit Ben Blacker's Nerdist Writers Panel for a special crossover episode, recorded in front of a live audience on April 13, 2014.

 

As television gets more cinematic, what if feature writing was more like TV writing, with multiple writers together in a room? Would movies get better or worse? Could a Joss...


Apr 8, 2014

John and Craig talk with WGA President Chris Keyser about the tentative deal reached between writers and the studios, and why it's more groundbreaking than it might appear at first glance.

 

We continue our discussion of a new screenwriting format by looking at how we got here, both the history of "modern"...