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36 | Oscar-Nominated Screenwriter Kemp Powers On Adaptation

The Screenwriting Life with Meg LeFauve and Lorien McKenna

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How Do You Know What Works in One Medium and Not in Another?

"I see rules as guardrails or training wheels, you know, kinda help us not drive off a cliff," says Aaron Sorkin. "There's a reason why when we watch things, we are able to process them the way that we do." The writer-director talks about how he learned his craft in one medium and then applied it to another.

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