Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle

John and Craig consider a new master class in screenwriting taught by Aaron Sorkin, and a very old Greek word (anagnorisis) championed by Aristotle. Both are useful! Then it’s a look at what we mean by “originality,” including a very useful litmus test provided by Lindsay Doran. Reminder that the 250-epsiode Scriptnotes USB drives are now available. Find the link below. Links: Scriptnotes, 255: New and Old Hollywood, with guest Billy Ray ‘Hatton Garden Job’ Beats Other Pics About Famed UK Heist To Production on Deadline, and our discussion in episode 234 Our bonus episode with Simon Kinberg Scriptnotes, 235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys 250-episode Scriptnotes USB drives are now available for purchase from the John August Store The Verge on Aaron Sorkin’s screenwriting MasterClass Our bonus episode featuring Aaron Sorkin Anagnorisis, and how to pronounce it John Oliver on Brexit, before the vote Steve Yedlin On Color Science Codenames on Board Game Geek, and A Fake Artist Goes to New York Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!) You can download the episode here. UPDATE 7-1-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle first appeared on John August.