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DZ-95: Backmatter - Building and Maintenance

How do you maintain hope in the face of, er, screenwriting

Legacy Episode — Migrated from our original site. Will take time to tidy up!

⏱ 1h 16m
31 DEC 2022

Show Notes

Time for our annual backmatter episode, where we drop any ruse of any objectivity, and fully embrace our subjective opinions!

In this episode we discuss: potential topics for 2023; the ostensible shortening of first acts; balancing new projects vs current projects; how to maintain hope in the face of an industry as fickle as ours; and end with a discussion of Andor vs Obi-Wan. Yup, Star Wars is the new Die Hard. Get over it.

FYI we recorded this episode with both of us in the same room (for a more casual atmosphere )but that means there’s more technical gremlins like crosstalk. Our apologies in advance!

Thanks to Chris Walker for editing this episode. <3 Chris!

Thanks to our Patrons, especially Casimir, Eduardo, Jennifer, Garrett, Bjorn, Randy, Jesse, Sandra, Theis, Alex and Khrob.

As always: SPOILERS ABOUND and all copyright material used under fair use for educational purposes.


Chapters

  • 00:00:00 – Intro: Backmatter
  • 00:02:44 – Housekeeping
  • 00:05:49 – Future Episode Ideas
  • 00:25:52 – Are first acts getting shorter?
  • 00:40:16 – New projects vs current projects
  • 00:48:59 – Maintaining Hope or Avoiding Despair
  • 00:54:21 – The Big Lessons of 2022
  • 00:55:19 – Andor vs Keobi
  • 01:14:37 – Key Lessons & Wrap Up
  • 01:16:06 – Many thanks

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