Damsels in distress

Craig and John love women and jeopardy, but folks, we gotta stop kidnapping girlfriends as plot devices. We discuss ways to avoid this trope. In other news, T-Bone Burnett has a great name and strong words about copyright and making a living. Readers have questions about pseudonyms, second acts and breaking the back of a new project. Plus, more terrible managers. T-shirts are back, starting today! But pre-orders stop November 15th, so don’t dally. John is hosting a Big Fish talkback on Saturday, November 23rd after the matinee, so use your SCRIPT code to get tickets now. Links: The John August Store is open for business! Get your Big Fish tickets now, and use discount code SCRIPT (for November 23rd or otherwise) John’s post on how we record Scriptnotes T-Bone Burnett in the Hollywood Reporter Anita Sarkeesian and her Tropes vs Women in Video Games project Complex’s The 15 Hottest Damsels In Distress In Movies TV Tropes on damsels in distress MacGuffins on TV Tropes and Screenwriting.io Planet Money podcast Planet Money on the American check system Craig’s One Cool Thing is John August Outro by Scriptnotes listener Matthew Chielli You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 11-9-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Damsels in distress first appeared on John August.