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0:00 - Introduction
00:21 - Beginnings
5:05 - Finding American Beauty screenplay
6:38 - Television
7:37 - Picking the right book to adapt
8:44 - Sam Mendes' First Movie, Alan Ball's First Screenplay
10:19 - Steven Spielberg to the rescue!
12:12 - American Beauty screenplay took on a life of its own
14:24 - Why screenwriters should be on set every day
17:07 - Good screenplays are outstanding to producers
19:34 - Overwriting
21:00 - Surprise and grab your FIRST READER
23:37 - Script readers' biggest turn-offs
24:13 - What studios look for in a screenplay
26:14 - As a new writer, what you have going for you is your originality and creativity
27:46 - Your job as a screenwriter is making sure ANYONE can CARE about the character you're writing
29:43 - Caring for Anti-heroes
30:29 - Find a source of good feedback
32:29 - What makes a good writer-producer relationship
34:50 - How much a producer evolves the screenplay
37:12 - Make your message subtle
38:33 - Any recent outstanding screenplays?
39:35 - Which genres get picked up nowadays
43:03 - Bending genres
45:03 - Is classic structure needed for a good script?
45:58 - Test the pacing of your script by getting feedback
47:43 - To attract a good actor with your script, remember actors like showing off
49:07 - Don't limit yourself because of the budget
50:16 - In movie writing, you don't need any experience if you have a good script
51:16 - Ways into the industry
55:03 - Put yourself in the manager's shoes
56:05 - Pitching for movies is rare nowadays
57:09 - Selling your script as an introverted writer
59:24 - How the business has changed recently
1:05:19 - Try multiple projects, rather than keep on trying to improve the same script
1:06:47 - All that matters is having a good screenplay on your hands

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