Jun 19, 2018
In light of the dust-up over Coverfly, John and Craig discuss why most screenwriting contests are essentially useless and should be avoided.
We then look at destructive fandom and ponder how today’s entitled enthusiasts might have responded to the classics.
Plus we answer listener questions about the “gutters” between scenes, whether an employer owns your idea, what the business of big talent-led production companies looks like, and how to maintain momentum after your first sale.
Links:
* Coverfly’s response
to accusations in a now-deleted blog post.
Here’s a conversation on the Screenwriting Reddit page about
it.
* In 2015’s Episode 191: The
Deal with Scripped.com, we invited John Rhodes from ScreenCraft
and Guy Goldstein from WriterDuet to investigate a data management
crisis with Scripped.com.
*
Toxic Fandom Is Killing ‘Star Wars’ by Marc Bernardin for the
Hollywood Reporter
*
Apple has made a deal with the WGA
* Evan in Philadephia recommends Scott McCloud’s Understanding
Comics: The Invisible Art for a great explanation of
“gutters.”
* JJ
Abrams’ Bad Robot
is an example of a big production company led by a creative.
*
The worst sex in the world is anglerfish sex, and now there’s
finally video by Avi Selk for the Washington Post. This
video’s upsetting animation shows what the process would look
like for humans.
* Bethesda’s
Starfield has been announced
* The Scriptnotes Listeners’
Guide!
*
The USB drives!
* John August on
Twitter
* Craig Mazin on
Twitter
* John on
Instagram
* Find past episodes
* Outro by
Jeff Mooney (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.