Get Your Story Straight podcast

Jared Brandon Brewer

10/24/2026

Get Your Story Straight

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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.

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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.
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Doug Spaltro
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