One-step deals, and how to read a script

Craig and John take a break from writing scripts to talk about how screenwriters should read scripts. Paper or iPad? Single or double-sided? And how do you keep track of your notes for future conversations? Then it’s a session of roleplaying and maximum umbrage as we look at the logic and fallacies behind one-step deals for screenwriters. Cleansing our palette, we look at Skyfall. Spoilers, folks. Spoilers! Craig closes the podcast with a remembrance of his friend, screenwriter Don Rhymer, who died last week after a long and wittily-observed battle with cancer. LINKS: Fade In screenwriting software Fountain, a plain text markup language for screenwriting Brett Terpstra’s Systematic podcast, Episode 20 with David Wain adult swim’s Childrens Hospital FDX Reader for iOS Final Draft Reader for iOS GoodReader for iOS PDF Expert for iOS Myers-Briggs Type Indicator on Wikipedia The Myers & Briggs Foundation’s page on where to take the MBTI The WGA Showrunner Training Program LA Times on Don Rhymer’s passing Don’s cancer blog, Let’s Radiate Don Todd Downing’s breakdown of the Skyfall theme song INTRO: Strawberry Shortcake Intro (Italian) OUTRO: For Your Eyes Only/Skyfall, arranged and performed by John August You can download the episode here: AAC. UPDATE 12-7-12: The transcript of this episode can be found here. The post One-step deals, and how to read a script first appeared on John August.