Hey, everyone. In a billion years, there are two possibilities. Either you'll have been dead for a

billion years, or you'll have been dead for a billion years and written a movie.

Today's book is writing movies for fun and profit by Robert Ben Garant and Thomas Lennon.

I'm Kellett Erskine. I'm a comic, a father, and this is by far the most entertaining book about how to make a billion dollars that

I've ever read, aside from The Hunger Games. And I'm David Vance. As a writer, I realized

actors are the most famous, then directors, and writers only get famous for books where there's no

actor or director for people to love more.

Writing movies for fun and profit is a practical guide to screenwriting.

And this is the book pile.

All right, introducing today's special guest.

He's starring in the show, Greece, Rise of the Pink Ladies, and he has two films he's

written and starred in, Heal Kick, a comedy about wrestlers going pro on YouTube for a

limited time, and Bulletproof, a very different movie where he plays a violent gangster

alongside Vinny Jones on Apple TV, Amazon Prime, and On Demand.

Kellan, please welcome Danny Mack. Yeah, thanks, guys. It's my honor to be the least well-read

person on this podcast. I'm glad you guys are finally being more inclusive and inviting people on

who have to really stop and think

whenever they're asked what the last book they read was. I did text Danny like an hour ago asking

if this was his favorite screenwriting book and he texted back. I haven't read a ton, but yes,

I suppose by default. Just know, Danny, I am going to be making a lot of power moves in this episode.

Good to know your weaknesses, like your lack of reading, because what's intimidating for us is to have to do a podcast with someone who is more of an expert in the field of the book, because we usually just like to pretend we know what we're talking

about without having anyone there with real world experience to contradict us. No, I like leaning

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