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But wherever we would go, or we would drive to Washington, DC.

So we would drive from Staten Island to Hershey, Pennsylvania, or we would take Amtrak. All I want to do now is not get on planes. Now, of course, I look back at those days and I think, oh, how sweet. Not a flyer before then.Ĭraig: Believe me, I wanted to. When we did go on vacations, they were always – I was not on a plane until I was in college. I certainly have learned to share space better because of that.Ĭraig: Well, you had probably a much nicer childhood than I did. I definitely understand that split and the necessity of that, although I grew up with – in my family we had a trailer originally, and then a motorhome, and so I spent a tremendous amount of time with just me, my parents, and my brother in a very, very small environments. John: No, they’ve got to have their own room.Ĭraig: Now we’re either conjoining rooms or we’re Airbnbs, because you know what, honestly, they don’t want to be in a room with us and we definitely do not want to be in a room with them. I have the two kids, a 16-year-old and a 13-year-old. My family, we will be on the road ourselves next week for a little post-Christmas vacation, before they go back to school.Ĭraig: But the whole one room thing, see, you have one kid, so the one room thing still makes sense. And I’m looking forward to be back in Los Angeles in my normal environment, but it has been lovely to spend so much time with my family.Ĭraig: Listen, I love spending time with the family, too. I’ve spent the last 17 days in a hotel room with my family. So, listeners might not be aware that I’ve actually been traveling for 17 days. Craig has now diagnosed me with a sinus infection, which is what I suspect it will be. And, you know, while I was in fact making fun of how nasally you are in my introduction there, I am a little concerned because you do have a bit of a cold. We’ll also be answering listener questions on titling scripts, alternative sluglines, and creative paralysis.Ĭraig: Happy New Year to you, John.

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Today on the podcast, we’ll be discussing suspense, and how to use it in your script. John: And this is Episode 332 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. The original post for this episode can be found here. Scriptnotes, Ep 332: Wait for It - Transcript

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UPDATE 5-19-2020 The transcript for this episode can now be found here.

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Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.Įmail us at can download the episode here.

Outro by James Llonch ( send us yours!).

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Join us Thursday, May 14th for a live talk with Lawrence Kasdan 4pm PT on Zoom here: Online Conversation: Revisiting The Empire Strikes Back with Lawrence Kasdan.

We also answer listener questions about phone numbers, sluglines and short films.įinally, in our bonus segment for premium members, we discuss our personal video game histories and the possibility that John was raised in a cult. John and Craig offer guidance on how to “flip the script” on tropes without landing on your face. Try to have at least three “normal” lines between slugs.Īvoid mixing slugs and dialogue. In your example, “TOM” is the same guy both times, and “THE MACHINE” is probably already established in the scene.Īfter a slug, I usually start the next line lower-case, particularly if it’s the continuation of a sentence. Use a slug only if we’re going to be looking at something new to the scene, or if we’re cross-cutting between simultaneous action.

Think of these short sluglines as punctuation, little guides to help you make your way down the page.

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Just as you wouldn’t want to read a solid page of 12-pt Courier, you don’t want to read a series of short sluglines. I suspect you could find successful screenwriters who write very much the way you describe, but to me it feels like padding. Yes, you’re overdoing it, at least to my taste. I am afraid I am overusing this technique, but would like your

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