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47 | Nine Writing Secrets From Our A-List Guests

By The Screenwriting Life

9:54 AM EDT on May 30, 2021

It's a GREATEST HITS Episode. We've had such amazing guests, that we wanted to curate some of their best moments. Enjoy!1:20 - John August on Important Rules For Worldbuildling (Ep 35)6:09 - Marti Noxon on Writing Samples That Will Get You Staffed (Ep 40)9:05 - Sheila Hanahan Taylor On Rookie Mistakes (Ep 42/43)17:33 - Kemp Powers on When To “Break The Rules” in Your Writing (Ep 36)20:15 - Andrew Stanton On The Differences Between Storytelling and Writing (Ep 39)25:31 - Ed Solomon On The Essential Value Of Rewriting (Ep 32)31:12 - Mike Jones On Overcoming Stage Fright During Pitches (Ep 25)34:24 - Kemp Powers On Dealing With Bigotry and Racism in Hollywood (Ep 36)41:12 - Bonnie Curtis and Julie Lynn On What Makes Great Writing (Ep 23)Thank you to Jess Fisher for putting this episode together!Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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