Get Your Story Straight

In their triumphant Season Two return, Bill and Karl compare the podcast to the Netflix smash hit "Stranger Things" and beg Final Draft screenwriting software to sponsor them. Oh yeah... and they also talk about whether or not to bold slug lines in scripts. Finally, they Jared get his story straight, so he can get past Act One and finish his first draft.

Bill & Karl discuss an email cold query Bill had recently received from a writer he doesn't know, and they work with Jack on his brand, speaking new idea for a feature film script.

Karl & Bill talk about how to format text conversations in scripts, and help Suzy & Fernando with the logline and structure for their rewrite of their rom-com feature.

Bill & Karl talk about the "Big 'O'!" They also help Doug as he contemplates a rewrite for his feature script based on personal experience.

Karl & Bill introduce the new segment title and also talk about when new writers base their main characters too close to themselves. Then they help Jeremy as he seeks to adapt his feature story into a TV series.

Bill and Karl tackle the problem of "two main characters," and help Jon with his action feature, BAD BAYOU.

Karl and Bill launch not one, but two terrific contests for listeners, stir up controversy as they upend the "write what you know" axiom, and help Patrick Hegarty with his in-progress psychological horror feature, THIN.

Bill & Karl talk about writers that have difficulty taking notes on their work, and then help Laura Malatos & Helen Sun with their series TV drama about a company that pull of massive marketing stunts.

Karl and Bill kick off their new podcast! They talk about the difference between ideas and stories, and help Maine-based screenwriter Jim Picariello with with his dark rom-com about cults.