How do you determine what is your MVP?

In their annual full backwater episode, Stu and Chas let out their pandemic hair, drop the ruse of objectivity, and allow themselves to have even more options about writing and the business of writing.

In this Backmatter entry, they go deep on: future episode topics; their screenwriting lessons from 2021 (especially on control); pitching projects; the minimum viable product & minimum loveable thing; and share their exper iences with running a writers workshop/group.

There are no Star Wars references in this episode, but there are plenty of Die Hard ones. Die Hard is the new Star Wars. Get over it.

Thanks to Chris Walker for editing this episode.

RUNNING ORDER

00:00:00 - Intro: Backmatter
00:03:02 - Looking Forward - Episode Ideas
00:19:40 - Looking Back - Screenwriting Lessons
00:49:46 - Looking Now - Processes
01:28:26 - Outro

EPISODE LINKS

READ: Writer’s Workshop Documents by Chas & Stu
READ: Laziness Does Not Exist by Dr Devon Price
READ: Story Talismans by Scott Myers

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DZ-86: Backmatter - Minimum Viable Product