Positive Moviegoing

Aline Brosh McKenna joins John and Craig to discuss watching movies with an open mind and why it’s important to befriend other writers. Also this week: what to do when your outline collapses and a look at going broke in your 50s. The Scriptnotes Live Holiday Show on December 19th is technically sold out, but there’s a chance seats will open up, so keep an eye on Twitter. LINKS: Aline Brosh McKenna on IMDb, and her first, second, third, and third-and-a-half appearances on Scriptnotes The Scriptnotes Holiday Show is sold out, but follow @johnaugust and @clmazin to be the first to know if more tickets are released John Gatins on IMDb What It’s Like to Fail on priceonomics Scroobius Pip and You Will See Me Shady Characters: The Secret Life of Punctuation, Symbols, and Other Typographical Marks by Keith Houston Irony punctuation on Wikipedia The TreadDesk Outro by Scriptnotes listener Kris Gotthelf You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 12-1-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Positive Moviegoing first appeared on John August.