585 - Do Muppets Bleed?

John and Craig take a look at ‘writer fingerprints.’ They break down how idiosyncratic choices make up an individual’s style on-the-page and offer advice on how to mimic someone else’s voice. Follow up includes pet rock, a defense of script consultants, the preface page in Tár, and the anti-“actually” mindset. In our bonus segment for premium members, we offer advice to a producer who needs help working with a writer who can’t seem to finish — or deliver — a script. Links: Scriptnotes episodes with 2023 Oscar Nominees Sarah Polley, Rian Johnson, Daniels, Pamela Ribon Weekend Read Beta Try it out — now updated with all FYC scripts! Writing in another writer’s style on John’s blog with advice from Dara Resnick Creasey Algorithms were able to figure out that Robert Galbraith was JK Rowling Good Conversations Have Lots of Doorknobs by Adam Mastroianni The Case of The Golden Idol game Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription or treat yourself to a premium subscription! Craig Mazin on Twitter John August on Twitter John on Instagram Outro by Luke Yoquinto, who discovered it in the score to Coming to America by Nile Rodgers (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.   Email us at [email protected] You can download the episode here.