Alt-universe panels

Craig and John ret-con the Austin Film Festival, placing themselves on panels in which they didn’t participate. It’s a chance to give the answers they would have given without the bother of being asked (or listening to other people’s opinions). For example, Terry Rossio’s seminar on “The Throw” — his term for how you end a scene — was presumably terrific. We didn’t attend, but it’s fun to spitball what we would have said about this interesting and under-discussed aspect of screenwriting. Other topics discussed this week include: Setiquette Kyle Killen’s secret shower Videogame storytelling Amazon Studios Pilots vs. presentations Happy Halloween, everyone. Stay safe and dry. LINKS: Marti Noxon Kyle Killen John’s pitch and outline for D.C. Amazon Studios panel write-up Popcorn Fiction panel write-up Terry Rossio INTRO: I Dream of Jeannie OUTRO: I Want to Be Evil, by Eartha Kitt You can download the episode here: AAC. UPDATE 11-2-12: The transcript of this episode can be found here. The post Alt-universe panels first appeared on John August.