Is there just no form of travel that's safe anymore?

I ask you, am I going to wind up changing wooden wagon wheels on the side of the road for my

covered wagon?

Because that is the only way that I could see myself getting around in this dangerous,

violent world?

Howdy.

I'm Jeff Goldsmith.

And this is the Q&A.

My agenda is simple.

Each week I plan to bring you in-depth insights into the creative

process of storytelling. And folks, I am very pleased today to have the most dangerous form of

travel possible, the bullet train. Don't, don't buy a ticket to the bullet train, kids. It's very

dangerous. But with us is writer Zach Okowitz. And he had a lot lot to say this is a very complicated movie to write

because there are so many different character plot lines, backstories, and mechanizations

going on by people pulling the strings for all these puppets as it turns out.

Yes, you'll hear me use the word

mechanizations a lot because that's what's going on here. It's a cool movie. There's a lot of

stuff going on. It's interesting just to even hear how Zach writes action on the page. And he was

very forthcoming about his creative process and what it took to get this film made. So I know

you'll dig this episode.

Of course, I would love to thank today's sponsor, Screencraft. You know, breaking into Hollywood

as an aspiring writer can be a confusing, convoluted business. Fortunately, Screencraft

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