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264 | Akiva Goldsman (A Beautiful Mind, I Am Legend, Star Trek): Turning Writing Into a Job (and a Life)

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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First Drafts as Seduction and Structural Outlines

Akiva outlines his process: beat sheets, a fast barf draft, then rewrites focusing on structure and knowing the ending.

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