In this extended episode, first airing April 1, 2013, Bjorn and Bill provide some tips for screenwriters, speak with Kevin Good about the Crisis Lab Writers’ Roundtable, and ask the DMV film community about overcoming writer’s block.
Podcast Chapters
- Introduction (0:00)
- Muse of the Moment (2:41)
- Calendar Spotlight (12:12)
- Top Ten Tips for Screenwriters (22:14)
- Number 10 (24:06)
- Number 9 (26:18)
- Number 8 (30:28)
- Number 7 (32:40)
- Number 6 (34:58)
- Number 5 (38:00)
- Number 4 (40:24)
- Number 3 (44:56)
- Number 2 (48:28)
- Number 1 (51:19)
- The Writers’ Roundtable (52:24)
- Community Question (1:08:25)
- Conclusion (1:24:35)
Show Notes
Below are links to external sites and/or supporting material referenced in this episode.
Introduction
- Panorama: Spaghetti Harvest (YouTube site)
Muse of the Moment
- Grand Theft Auto IV (Wikipedia page)
- “Video Games Can Never Be Art” (Roger Ebert article)
- “Games vs. Art: Ebert vs. Barker” (Roger Ebert article)
- “Okay, kids, play on my lawn” (Roger Ebert article)
- Grand Theft Auto IV: The Lost and Damned (Wikipedia page)
- Grand Theft Auto IV: The Ballad of Gay Tony (Wikipedia page)
- Rosenkrantz and Guildenstern are Dead (Wikipedia page)
- “Quite Contrary” (Tohubohu site)
- “The Big Lie (That Solves Everything)” (Tohubohu site)
- Alternate reality game (Wikipedia page)
- “The Stampede” (YouTube page)
- “Bad Motherf***er” (Vimeo page)
- Biting Elbows (official site)
- Clerks. (IMDb page)
- Pound Puppies and the Legend of Big Paw (IMDb page)
- Columbo (IMDb page)
- Columbo: “Murder by the Book” (Steven Spielberg-directed first episode) (IMDb page)
Calendar Spotlight
- “Punxsutawney Phil Beheaded For Inaccurate Prediction On Annual Groundhog Slaughtering Day” (The Onion article)
- “The Lake” (official site)
- Bare Bones Film and Music Festival (official site)
- Maryland International Film Festival (official site)
- “Green House” (Tohubohu site)
- The Broken Continent (official site)
- Zenkaikon Anime Convention (official site)
- Awesome Con D.C. (official site)
- Dragoncon (official site)
- Stonehenge Casting (official site)
- Stonehenge Auditions (Team Jabberwocky site)
- The 48 Hour Film Project: Washington, DC (official site)
- “De Leon Crossing” (YouTube page)
Top Ten Tips for Screenwriters
- Scriptnotes (podcast page)
- Save the Cat: The Last Book on Screenwriting You’ll Ever Need (Amazon page)
- How Not to Write a Screenplay: 101 Common Mistakes Most Screenwriters Make (Amazon page)
- Script magazine (official site)
- Syd Field (official site)
- Final Draft (official site)
- Movie Magic Screenwriter (official site)
- Scrivener (official site)
- Highland (official site)
- Celtx (official site)
- Microsoft Word screenplay template (official site)
- Drew’s Script-o-Rama (official site)
- The Internet Movie Script Database (official site)
- Simply Scripts (official site)
- “Pixar story rules (one version)” (Emma Coats article)
- “When Is a Negative a Positive? A New Marketplace Podcast” (Freakonomics podcast episode)
The Writers’ Roundtable
- Crisislab (official site)
Community Question
- Neil Conway (IMDb page)
- Industry Insider Screenwriting Contest: Susannah Grant (official site)
- Christopher Bunn (IMDb page)
- Scott Mathias (IMDb page)
- The Fellows Hip: Rise of the Gamers (official site)
- Francis Abbey (IMDb page)
- Ciscovaras Pictures (official site)
- Heather Whitpan (IMDb page)
- Frozen Penguin Productions (Facebook page)
- LiveArtDC (official site)
Feedback
- iTunes Store podcast page (for ratings/comments)
Additional Credits