The Top 6 Lessons Novelists Can Learn from Movies with John Gaspard - #180

Matty Dalrymple talks with John Gaspard about THE TOP 6 LESSONS NOVELISTS CAN LEARN FROM MOVIES, including the importance of staying in your lane, being completely committed, coming in late and leaving early, callbacks (or reaping what you've sown), getting notes (or working with beta readers), and not hesitating to hesitate. If one of those topics piques your interest, you can easily jump to that section of the interview by going to The Indy Author on YouTube and clicking on the flagged timestamps in the video description. https://www.youtube.com/c/TheIndyAuthorPodcast Show notes at https://bit.ly/TIAP180  Did you find the information in this video useful? Please consider supporting The Indy Author! https://www.patreon.com/theindyauthor https://www.buymeacoffee.com/mattydalrymple John Gaspard is author of the Eli Marks mystery series, the Como Lake Players mystery series, and four stand-alone novels. He hosts two podcasts: "Behind the Page: The Eli Marks Podcast," and "The Occasional Film Podcast." John has directed six low-budget features that cost very little and made even less. John's latest book is "The Popcorn Principles: A Novelists Guide to Learning from Movies."   John was previously a guest in: Episode 145 - Speech to Text and Back Again with John Gaspard Episode 128 - Lessons from Filmmaking for the Indy Author with John Gaspard (focused on the business side of authorship)