Listen to understand what you can control in your career--and what you absolutely cannot.
In our annual Backmatter-only episode, Stu and Chas indulge themselves by offering personal opinions on the life and work of emerging screenwriters based on their own personal experience.
To that end, they discuss: what is and is not in your control in relation to an emerging writing career; choosing what project to develop next; using the Black List site to gain traction; the difference between treatments for pitching as opposed to for development; and the difference in writing style when writing on spec as against work for hire.
We also unexpectedly have a guest: David Wappel kindly joins us to share his thoughts on anchoring nouns.
As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.
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CHAPTERS
- 00:00:00 – Introduction
- 00:05:27 – What is in your control?
- 00:28:58 – Choosing what to develop
- 00:33:24 – Using the Black List site
- 00:59:47 – Treatments for development vs for pitching
- 01:23:23 – Writing on spec vs work for hire
- 01:37:37 – Backmatter to backmatter
LINKS
- Read: M. Night Shyamalan on His Failures, His Successes, and Glass
- YouTube: Can't watch a rough cut lady song
- Read: Write Along Podcast on Planners and Pantsers
EPISODES IN THE BACKMATTER SERIES
- DZ-17: Where's my gold-plated ensuite?
- DZ-36: Backmatter - Time Risk and Fixing Movies
- DZ-47: Backmatter - A Lost Jedi, White Knighting, and Writers-On-Set
- DZ-57: Backmatter - Aesthetics and Forgiveness in Writing
- DZ-64: Backmatter - Controlling your Work, Treatments, and Writing Styles
- DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projects
- DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product
- DZ-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenance
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Full show notes at: https://draft-zero.com/2020/dz-64/
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