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Write Along with David and Cargill — 60 episodes
Ep. 60 – False Victory, First Defeat
Ep. 59 – An entertainer when times are good or a distraction when times are bad
Ep. 58 – Satirizing the Unsatirizable
Ep. 57 – The Ice Floe
Ep. 56 – If You Want To Make a Trilogy, You Probably Shouldn’t
Ep. 55 – Cargill’s Four Favorite Films of 2019
Ep. 54 – Bangin’ on the door waiting for someone to let you in
Ep. 53 – You’d think there’d be a better communication system
Ep 52 – It’s struggling and it’s pain and it’s failure
Ep. 51 – A brief history of The Black List (GUEST: Franklin Leonard)
Ep. 50 – One and a half cubes (GUEST: Vincenzo Natali)
Ep. 49 – How does this play out?
Ep. 48 – A Private Movie Podcast
Ep. 47 – What you want to avoid is the awkward English goodbye
Ep. 46 – Everyone has one good story in them
Ep. 45 – Music that sounds suspiciously like the music from ‘Drive’
Ep. 44 – Always deliver on your idea
Ep. 43 – Give them a dog
Ep. 42 – The Pauper Principle
Ep. 41 – Old wisdom, shared perfectly
Ep. 40 – They’re fine with it
Ep. 39 – Bury it in conflict
Ep. 38 – When your PB&PL stand fails
Ep. 37 – The struggle, not the reward
Ep. 36 – Stay for the romance
Ep. 35 – Days of rest
Ep. 34 – The sin of Moses
Ep. 33 – The moral of the story
Ep. 32 – There is a car chase
Ep. 31 – An Unlikable Protagonist
Ep. 30 – Don’t be a Method Writer
Ep. 29 – There is no expiration date on writers
Ep. 28 – How a writing partnership is like a marriage
Ep. 27 – The pitch
Ep. 26 – The room where it happens
Ep. 25 – The importance of being social
Ep. 24 – How did they get here
Ep. 23 – Truth over facts
Ep. 22 – Something scary every 10 pages
Ep. 21 – Cut out all the bad parts
Ep. 20 – The only two times you should abandon a story
Ep. 19 – What they really want is to feel
Ep. 18 – A bad play where the heroes are right
Ep. 17 – A roadmap to art
Ep. 16 – Option Value
Ep. 15 – The three dimensions of characters
Ep. 14 – The premise is the special effect
Ep. 13 – Share joy
Ep. 12 – Make the most interesting choice
Ep. 11 – Write your pain
Ep. 10 – The Act of Killing
Ep. 9 – The idea factory
Ep. 8 – You could Memento this
Ep. 7 – You Have To Get The Soul Right
Ep. 6 – To Hell with Suspense
Ep. 5 – We are our choices
Ep. 4 – Excelsior
Ep. 3 – 8088
Ep. 2 – Planners and Pantsers
Ep. 1 – Pilot