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Scriptcake — 136 episodes

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136. Protagonist Problem #3: The Wrong Want

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135. Protagonist Problem #2: Too Nice

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134. Protagonist Problem #1: The Passenger

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133. The Denial

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132. Writing About Your Life

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131. Excessive Exposition

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130. The Focus Point

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129. Alvaro Rodriguez - Screenwriter | Producer | Composer

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128. The Story Behind The Story

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127. Paul Chitlik - Screenwriter | Producer | Director | Author

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126. The Personal Story Problem

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125. Screenwriting Resolutions

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124. What is a Rewrite

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123. The Where

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122/ Diane Drake - Screenwriter/Author 'What Women Want' 'Only You'

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121. The Question & The Answer

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120. Scene Data

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119. Mistakes to Avoid Before You Send Out Your Script

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118. Sabrina Dhawan - Screenwriter Monsoon Wedding, Rangoon, Ishqia

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117. Taking Scenes to 11

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116. Krushan Naik, Producer/Editor of Academy-Award Nominated film, Anuja

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115. The Primary Objective

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114. Jacob Krueger - Screenwriter | Mentor | Teacher

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113. Do Film Festival and Screenwriting Competitions Work?

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112: The Top 6 Excuses Screenwriters Make

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111. Jeff Bushell - Screenwriter - Ricky Stanicky, Beverly Hills Chihuahua

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110. Richard RB Botto - Screenwriter | Producer | Founder of Stage 32

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109. Model Movies

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108. Location Location Location

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107. The Screenwriter's Playlist

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106. The Hinge

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105. Jessie Keyt Screenwriter | Author | Consultant

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104. Writing Backwards

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103. Motivation

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102. The Zero Draft | Nostos Screenwriting Retreat

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101. Kevin J. Anderson - Author | Producer Dune: Prophecy

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100. The Threshold Concept

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99. Imposter Syndrome

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98. Three-Dimensional Screenwriting

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97. Bryan Dick - Screenwriter

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96. The Purpose of Your Concept

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95. Should I Take a Screenwriting Course?

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94. Christopher Lockhart - Story Professional | Executive | Filmmaker | Educator

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93. Multiple Discovery

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92. Screenwriting Expectations

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91. Alan Watt - Screenwriter | Author | Teacher

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90. Who, What, When, Where & Why

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89. Tom Schulman - Academy Award-Winning Screenwriter | Director | WGA Negotiator

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88. Structure and Creativity

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87. The Conceptual Metaphor

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86. Scott Kirkpatrick - Film Distributor | Producer | Author

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85. Assembly Required

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84. Linda Seger - Legendary Script Consultant/ Author

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83. The False Mask

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82. The First Impression

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81. Gary Wheeler - Writer/Produce/Director of 40+ Films and Series

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80. The First Question I ask a Struggling Screenwriter

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79. Feedback

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78. Jill Chamberlain - Author of "The Nutshell Technique"

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77. You Can Do This.

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76. The 1st Draft vs. the 2nd Draft

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75. Steve Kaplan - Comedy Legend!

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74. Eve Hayes - Screenwriter and Founder of Screenwriters Safari

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73. Major Outlining Mistake to Avoid!

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72. Brian Price - Screenwriter, Author, Mentor

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71. Content Dictates Form

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70. Philip Eisner - Screenwriter, Teacher, Mentor

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69. To Outline or Not to Outline, that is the Question.

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68. Character vs. Plot

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67. Designing Supporting Characters

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66. Weiko Lin - Screenwriter, Author, Teacher

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65. How long does it take to write a feature-length screenplay?

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64. Katharine McPhee - Screenwriter

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63. Paul Guay - Screenwriter 'Liar Liar', 'The Little Rascals', 'Heartbreakers'

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62. Greg Carter - Screenwriter/Producer/Director/Teacher

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61. CineStory Writer's Retreat Recap

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60. What 'write what you know' means to me.

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59. Emotional Slides

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58. Scott Myers - Screenwriter, Teacher, Author

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57. How to Write Visually

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56. Lisanne Sartor - Screenwriter, Teacher, Board President of CineStory Foundation

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55. Shawn Harwell - Screenwriter, Teacher

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54. Solving the Puzzle

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53. Jack Sholder - Director (The Hidden, Nightmare on Elm Street 2), Teacher, Screenwriter

85

52. Screenwriter's Block

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51. Jamie Nash - Screenwriter, Author of "Save the Cat Writes for TV"

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50. Fear and Consistency

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49. David Diamond and David Weissman - Screenwriters of The Family Man, Old Dogs, When in Rome

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48. Emotional Act Breaks

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47. Jason Lubin - Literary Manager/Producer - First Story Entertainment

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46. Networking

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45. Bill True Part II

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44. Shane Black - Writer/Director Iron Man 3, The Predator, Kiss Kiss Bang Bang, Writer Lethal Weapon

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43. John Truby - Author, Mentor, Screenwriter

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42. Bill True - Part I - Screenwriter, Mentor, Teacher

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41. Recap of the Austin Film Festival and the American Film Market

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40. Jen Haire & Gilana Lobel - Authors of "Keys to the Production Office"

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39. Lovinder Gill - Screenwriter, Mentor, Author

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38. How to Take Feedback

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37. Dr. Bill Indick, Author of Psychology for Screenwriters

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36. Where are your great story ideas?

102

35. Will Akers - Screenwriter, Author "Your Screenplay Sucks!"

103

34. The Rule of Opposites

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33. Pinckney Benedict - Author, Screenwriter, Mentor

105

32. Pieces of the Puzzle

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31. Keith Harris - Actor, Producer, Screenwriter & Director

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30. Rewriting

108

29. Bob Saenz Part II - Screenwriter, Author and Mentor

109

28. Organic Screenwriting

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27. Andy Silverman - Screenwriter/Producer of Cyst, Producer of Seclusion

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26. Scenic Polarity

112

25. Dale Pollock - Producer, Author, Professor, Film School Dean and more.

113

24. Story vs. Concept

114

23. Jim Mercurio - Author of "The Craft of Scene Writing"

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22. Want vs Need

116

21. Jen Grisanti - Story/Career Consultant, Author of StoryLine: Finding Gold in your Life Story

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20. Unnecessary Supporting Characters

118

19. Joey Tuccio, Founder/CEO of Roadmap Writers

119

18. Audience Manipulation

120

17. Christine Conradt - Screenwriter, Producer, Director with over 70 produced screenplays

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16. Chris Riley - Co-Author of "The Defining Moment - How Writers and Actors Build Characters"

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15. Aadip Desai Part II - TV Writer, Disney Fellowship Winner, BAFTA Breakthrough Artist, Sundance Institute Educator

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14. Emotion Pushes Action

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13. Avoid a Weak Protagonist

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12. Emotional Symptoms

126

11. Tim Albaugh - Screenwriter, Mentor, Teacher and Producer

127

10. Aadip Desai Part I - TV Writer, Disney Fellowship Winner, BAFTA Breakthrough Artist, Sundance Institute Educator

128

9. Cinematic Subtext

129

8. Bob Saenz - Screenwriter, Author, Mentor - Part 1

130

7. Designing Scenes

131

6. Hal Ackerman - Author of 'Write Screenplays that Sell - the Ackerman Way"

132

5. Designing Antagonists

133

4. How do you know how to write what you know?

134

3. Why does my story run out of steam?

135

2. Christopher Vogler - Author of 'The Writer's Journey'

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1. David Greenberg - Screenwriter | Professor | Author