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#99 - The Social Network (2010)

Writers/Blockbusters Screenwriting Podcast

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The Unexpected Response to a Finals Club Question

There's a technique that's a setup and payoff within a conversation. And then it could come back later and pay off again. When a character changes the subject mid conversation, once again, it throws us as listeners off balance. We can change the subject. There are more people in China with genius IQs than the entire population. It's just that since the beginning of the conversation about finals clubs, I think I may have had a birthday. That's great. Sneaky. The Phoenix is good. This is a new topic. It's the same topic. So that's the fourth time he's used that. God, what is it? The final clubs. Would you rather talk

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