DZ-77: Backmatter - Prioritising and choosing projects

Listen if you're starting a new co-writing relationship, managing multiple projects, or wondering how to prioritize your next screenplay.

In their now-annual full backmatter episode, Stu and Chas let their hair down, drop the guise of objectivity, and allow themselves to have an even more subjective opinion about writing and the business of writing.

In this particular Backmatter entry, they wax lyrical on deep breath: character journeys, hyperlink cinema, keeping genre fresh, beginning a new co-writing relationship, managing multiple projects, choosing your next project, and - naturally - Star Wars (and Ready or Not)

BTW the system using folders is actually from Anthony Johnston.

Thanks to Chris Walker for editing this episode.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.

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CHAPTERS

• 00:00:00 – Intro
• 00:02:55 – DZ update
• 00:11:18 – Mooting future topics
• 00:39:51 – Questions to ask of a new co-writing relationship
• 00:49:56 – Why is pressure different to stakes and obstacles?
• 00:55:22 – How to manage multiple projects?
• 01:07:08 – How to pick your next project?
• 01:19:54 – The Mandalorian Season 2

FILMS

• READY OR NOT (2019) — (w) Guy Busick, R Christopher Murphy (d) Tyler Gillett, Matt Bettinelli Olpin

SHOWS

• THE MANDALORIAN 2x1 — (w) Jon Favreau

SCRIPTS

• Study the script: READY OR NOT (2019) — Guy Busick, R Christopher Murphy

LINKS

• Read: Brandon Sanderson
• Read: Anthony Johnston

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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