403 - How to Write a Movie (Encore)

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John August

Screenwriter, Tv & Film, Writing, John, Screenwriting, August, Craig, Screenplay, Mazin

4.8 • 2.7K Ratings

🗓️ 1 August 2023

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Craig hosts a solo episode presenting his general theory on screenwriting. He covers the central dramatic argument, the ‘why’ behind plot points, and of course, umbrage on common script diagrams.

Good luck, and go torture your heroes!

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0:00.0	Hey, this is John.
0:03.6	And this is Craig.
0:05.2	And this episode is a repeat, but it's a really special good episode to repeat because
0:09.9	it's episode 403 in which Craig talks for an hour about how to write a movie.
0:15.9	It's the only episode that has not only no John, but no other guests speaking.
0:21.4	Yeah, it's our only one voice episode.
0:24.9	Yeah.
0:25.9	I do remember being very calm as I did it.
0:28.1	Yeah.
0:29.1	It was a very calming sort of, it's like talking to yourself for an hour.
0:32.0	It's very pleasant.
0:33.0	Anyway, we hope you enjoy it.
0:35.0	It's a, it's a, it's a decent one.
0:36.9	People seem to like it.
0:37.9	Yeah.
0:38.9	And we'll be back soon enough with fresh episodes before you know it.
0:41.6	All right.
0:42.6	Enjoy.
0:43.6	Hello, and welcome.
0:47.0	My name is Craig Mason.
0:48.4	And this is episode 403 of Script Notes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are
0:55.1	interesting to screenwriters.
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