Behind-the-Scenes of the Business and Craft of professional Screenwriting.
Episodes
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Sunday Apr 17, 2022
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss the BAFTA lecture series from Tony Gilroy (ROGUE ONE, BOURNE Trilogy, MICHAEL CLAYTON), where he discusses his 7 Steps on how he writes an original screenplay. They break down each step, what it means, and how to use it practically in your own writing.
TWIW: Actors who don't want to be vulnerable, Josh's life-changing encounter with a waiter/screenwriter, Using babies to create tension in your writing.
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Edited by the great Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Monday Apr 11, 2022
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman take on Screenwriting Twitter's topics of the week -- Being Rewritten by Your Showrunner and Can Animation be Elevated? -- and discuss their Top 5 Pixar movies, with a breakdown of why those five earn such distinction.
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Edited by Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
Sunday Apr 03, 2022
In this episode, hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss in detail how they start creating characters for their stories, as well as a This Week in Writing about a new way Tasha has learned to write action description, and Josh's thoughts on the structure of the action classic, SPEED.
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Edited by Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Sunday Mar 27, 2022
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss some things... like nepotism, your voice, and certain frustrations...
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
Sunday Mar 20, 2022
... from your spec. Your manager. Your scene. Your agent. Your producer. If you're writing long enough, you will come up against this question -- "When should I move on from this?"
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss different kinds of moments in their own Screenwriting careers when they wanted to give up or move on, and discuss how to spot the signs to keep going, and the signs to put the pencil down.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Sunday Mar 13, 2022
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss the different scenarios where etiquette comes into play...
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Monday Mar 07, 2022
Steve Jobs was possibly one of the greatest presenters of our time. Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss his 6-step pitch-prepping method and how it applies to writers.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Sunday Feb 27, 2022
Hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman bring the Act Two Script Club to the podcast for the first time, breaking down what we can learn from Kevin Sullivan's writing in his action rom-com, ENDING THINGS. Join us for a discussion about writing mechanics, what works in original specs and why.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Sunday Feb 20, 2022
Host Josh Hallman finally gets to put his own manager, John Zaozirny, on the hot seat and gets to ask him all the pressing questions about why managers reject their writer's ideas, what makes for a bad manager and what to do about it, what does a manager do in their daily life anyway, top questions from Screenwriting Twitter, and more!
Questions / Comments: ActTwoWriters@gmail.com
Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
Sunday Feb 13, 2022
When we get our first opportunities and jobs as Screenwriters, we are so grateful to finally be doing this for a living that many of us naturally slip into a "people-pleasing" role. We want to please our reps and our producers, and this can often shift the power dynamic in our business relationships in a way that starts to work against us as creators and career-builders. It is easy, as a Screenwriter, to feel like a child in a room of adults in suits. In this episode, hosts Tasha Huo and Josh Hallman discuss why setting the tone in your meetings is important to your long-term career goals, and how to start setting the tone in your own meetings. Their big reminder: This is not about ego, it's simply about setting yourself up for a successful career as a powerful creative voice.
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Edited by the GREAT Paul Lundquist
Music by 414beg