John and Craig apply the principles of Marie Kondo’s “The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up” to screenwriting. How can screenwriters learn to let go of beloved scenes, characters, and entire scripts?

We also answer listener questions, including the recent plagiarism ruling in favor of John Carpenter in a French court.

Links:

• Escape Room
• Don’t Think Twice on Rotten Tomatoes
• Escape Room
• The Life-Changing Magic of Tidying Up: The Japanese Art of Decluttering and Organizing on Amazon
• John Carpenter v. Luc Beson
• Everything is a Remix
• The Robotard 8000
• Tim Talbott on IMDB
• Malcolm Spellman on IMDB
• [#giveelsaagirlfriend](https://twitter.com/hashtag/giveelsaagirlfriend)
• Difficult People on Rotten Tomatoes
• Severed
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• Outro by John Venable (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here.