Write Along with David and Cargill

By David Chen

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Subscribers: 88
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Episodes: 60

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 Aug 4, 2019
I'm not a screenwriter, just a fan of good writing in books/films/tv series. This is fascinating, entertaining and insightful. and strangely enough, some of the tips the they give have been helpful in my everyday not-a-writer life.

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C. Robert Cargill is a screenwriter, novelist, and former film critic. In this podcast, he's joined by film critic David Chen to discuss his advice from his two decades in the entertainment industry. Find more episodes of the show at writealongpodcast.com and email us at writealongpodcast@gmail.com

Episode Date
Ep. 60 – False Victory, First Defeat
Apr 26, 2020
Ep. 59 – An entertainer when times are good or a distraction when times are bad
Apr 10, 2020
Ep. 58 – Satirizing the Unsatirizable
Mar 27, 2020
Ep. 57 – The Ice Floe
Feb 14, 2020
Ep. 56 – If You Want To Make a Trilogy, You Probably Shouldn’t
Feb 01, 2020
Ep. 55 – Cargill’s Four Favorite Films of 2019
Jan 14, 2020
Ep. 54 – Bangin’ on the door waiting for someone to let you in
Dec 15, 2019
Ep. 53 – You’d think there’d be a better communication system
Dec 06, 2019
Ep 52 – It’s struggling and it’s pain and it’s failure
Nov 23, 2019
Ep. 51 – A brief history of The Black List (GUEST: Franklin Leonard)
Nov 09, 2019
Ep. 50 – One and a half cubes (GUEST: Vincenzo Natali)
Nov 03, 2019
Ep. 49 – How does this play out?
Oct 26, 2019
Ep. 48 – A Private Movie Podcast
Oct 19, 2019
Ep. 47 – What you want to avoid is the awkward English goodbye
Oct 04, 2019
Ep. 46 – Everyone has one good story in them
Sep 28, 2019
Ep. 45 – Music that sounds suspiciously like the music from ‘Drive’
Sep 20, 2019
Ep. 44 – Always deliver on your idea
Sep 13, 2019
Ep. 43 – Give them a dog
Sep 07, 2019
Ep. 42 – The Pauper Principle
Aug 23, 2019
Ep. 41 – Old wisdom, shared perfectly
Aug 16, 2019
Ep. 40 – They’re fine with it
Aug 09, 2019
Ep. 39 – Bury it in conflict
Aug 03, 2019
Ep. 38 – When your PB&PL stand fails
Jul 26, 2019
Ep. 37 – The struggle, not the reward
Jul 19, 2019
Ep. 36 – Stay for the romance
Jul 13, 2019
Ep. 35 – Days of rest
Jul 06, 2019
Ep. 34 – The sin of Moses
Jun 29, 2019
Ep. 33 – The moral of the story
Jun 22, 2019
Ep. 32 – There is a car chase
Jun 15, 2019
Ep. 31 – An Unlikable Protagonist
Jun 08, 2019
Ep. 30 – Don’t be a Method Writer
May 24, 2019
Ep. 29 – There is no expiration date on writers
May 17, 2019
Ep. 28 – How a writing partnership is like a marriage
May 10, 2019
Ep. 27 – The pitch
May 03, 2019
Ep. 26 – The room where it happens
Apr 26, 2019
Ep. 25 – The importance of being social
Apr 20, 2019
Ep. 24 – How did they get here
Apr 12, 2019
Ep. 23 – Truth over facts
Apr 05, 2019
Ep. 22 – Something scary every 10 pages
Mar 29, 2019
Ep. 21 – Cut out all the bad parts
Mar 22, 2019
Ep. 20 – The only two times you should abandon a story
Mar 15, 2019
Ep. 19 – What they really want is to feel
Mar 09, 2019
Ep. 18 – A bad play where the heroes are right
Mar 02, 2019
Ep. 17 – A roadmap to art
Feb 19, 2019
Ep. 16 – Option Value
Feb 16, 2019
Ep. 15 – The three dimensions of characters
Feb 09, 2019
Ep. 14 – The premise is the special effect
Feb 01, 2019
Ep. 13 – Share joy
Jan 26, 2019
Ep. 12 – Make the most interesting choice
Jan 18, 2019
Ep. 11 – Write your pain
Jan 11, 2019
Ep. 10 – The Act of Killing
Jan 04, 2019
Ep. 9 – The idea factory
Dec 28, 2018
Ep. 8 – You could Memento this
Dec 21, 2018
Ep. 7 – You Have To Get The Soul Right
Dec 14, 2018
Ep. 6 – To Hell with Suspense
Dec 07, 2018
Ep. 5 – We are our choices
Nov 30, 2018
Ep. 4 – Excelsior
Nov 23, 2018
Ep. 3 – 8088
Nov 16, 2018
Ep. 2 – Planners and Pantsers
Nov 09, 2018
Ep. 1 – Pilot
Nov 01, 2018