Scriptnotes Podcast

227 - Feel the Nerd Burn

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Craig and John discuss three new entries in the Three Page Challenge, looking at how simple mistakes and confusing word choices can hurt the read.

 

Also this week, a follow up on functional revenge, a brand-new version of Highland, and Craig gets big laughs on The Daily Show with Trevor Noah.

 

Links:

 

  • The Daily Show with Trevor Noah, December 3, 2015
  • Craig in The New York Times and on Jezebel
  • Download Highland 1.9 now and sign up to be a Highland 2 beta tester
  • Does Revenge Serve an Evolutionary Purpose? from Scientific American
  • One Hit Kill is now available for purchase
  • Projection Problems Plague 70mm L.A. Press Screening Of Quentin Tarantino’s ‘The Hateful Eight’ from Indie Wire
  • Three Pages by Jody Russell
  • Three Pages by Mark S.W. & V.P. Walling
  • Three Pages by Matthew Gentile
  • Submit your Three Pages here
  • The Wall Street Journal on How Cyndi Lauper Wrote Her First No. 1 Hit, ‘Time After Time’
  • Secret Hitler is now on Kickstarter
  • Amazon Prime Now offers one hour delivery
  • Email us or tweet John or Craig for advice on things that have nothing to do with screenwriting
  • Outro by Roman Mittermayr (send us yours!)

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