Secrets and Lies

John and Craig discuss why most characters are liars, and how that’s actually a good thing. John offers seven suggestions for picking character names that will help your readers. Then we look at a three page challenge that’s been filmed to see what worked on the page versus on screen. In follow-up, we discuss the Aereo decision and our mutual love of Slate’s Culture Gabfest. Finally, we answer a reader question about the proper protocol for checking in after a meeting. Links: Sundance Screenwriters Lab Scriptnotes, Episode 131: Procrastination and Pageorexia The Aereo lawsuit on Upstart The Supreme Court’s Aereo decision Wikipedia on cable television Slate Culture Gabfest “Summer Strut 2014” Edition Gödel, Escher, Bach: An Eternal Golden Braid by Douglas R. Hofstadter Pre-lap on Screenwriting.io Three Pages by Rob Yescombe, and the scene on YouTube Datura on Wikipedia @SavedYouAClick on Twitter Clickhole by The Onion How Not to Be Wrong: The Power of Mathematical Thinking by Jordan Ellenberg Outro by Scriptnotes listener Regis Duffy (send us yours!) You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 7-3-14: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Secrets and Lies first appeared on John August.