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123 | Dustin Lance Black (Milk, Under the Banner of Heaven) On Nuanced Screenwriting and Avoiding Cliches

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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Is That Okay, Dustin?

Dustin Johnson's new novel, "The Deathly Hallows," is out now. The book follows the story of a woman who loses her husband and learns to love him again. It was written over several drafts before it got on the page. He says he has no allergy to writing something that feels cliche like there's always nuance.

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