Ep. 60 – False Victory, First Defeat
David and Cargill discuss how to get through Act 2 and the Second Act Slump. Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Email us with your questions...
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Write Along with David and Cargill
C. Robert Cargill is a screenwriter, novelist, and former film critic. In this podcast, he's joined by film critic David Chen to discuss his advice from his two decades in the entertainment...
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20 of 60 episodesEp. 59 – An entertainer when times are good or a distraction when times are bad
David and Cargill discuss how to keep on keeping’ on when external factors torpedo something you’re working on. Subscribe to us...
Ep. 58 – Satirizing the Unsatirizable
David and Cargill discuss what it’s like to try to be creative in the midst of a pandemic, and how it can sometimes be difficult to sa...
Ep. 57 – The Ice Floe
Cargill and David discuss tips for getting a career writing about film. Follow David on Letterboxd Subscribe to us on Apple Podcasts. Email...
Ep. 56 – If You Want To Make a Trilogy, You Probably Shouldn’t
Cargill and David discuss whether or not you should make a trilogy of films and whether paid editors are scams. Subscribe to us on Apple Pod...
Ep. 55 – Cargill’s Four Favorite Films of 2019
Cargill and David discuss Cargill’s four favorite films of 2019. Listen to David’s top 10 films of 2019 Subscribe to us on Apple...
Ep. 54 – Bangin’ on the door waiting for someone to let you in
Cargill and David discuss what the literary equivalent is of “make your own movie” and the pleasures and pains of the vanity pre...
Ep. 53 – You’d think there’d be a better communication system
Cargill and David discuss what happens when you work on a project that ends up getting made by someone else. Cargill’s tweet about Net...
Ep 52 – It’s struggling and it’s pain and it’s failure
Cargill and David discuss Christopher McQuarrie’s recent advice on whether or not you should try to “win the lottery” by s...
Ep. 51 – A brief history of The Black List (GUEST: Franklin Leonard)
Franklin Leonard joins the Write Along podcast to discuss the history of The Black List and share tips for screenwriters looking to host the...
Ep. 50 – One and a half cubes (GUEST: Vincenzo Natali)
David is joined by writer/director Vincenzo Natali (director of Cube, Splice, Westworld, Hannibal) to discuss tips for making a low-budget h...
Ep. 49 – How does this play out?
David and Cargill discuss their preferred PDF readers and give advice to a writer struggling to make his characters more interesting. Email...
Ep. 48 – A Private Movie Podcast
David and Cargill discuss how to encourage young writers and how to consume media about a genre you’re writing in. Email us with your...
Ep. 47 – What you want to avoid is the awkward English goodbye
David and Cargill share more tips on when best to begin and end scenes. Email us with your questions/thoughts at writealongpodcast@gmail.com...
Ep. 46 – Everyone has one good story in them
David and Cargill discuss what happens when you set unrealistic goals and the value of not giving up. Email us with your questions/thoughts...
Ep. 45 – Music that sounds suspiciously like the music from ‘Drive’
David and Cargill discuss if/when to get permission for copyrighted content in your work. (Note: we aren’t legal experts and you shoul...
Ep. 44 – Always deliver on your idea
David and Cargill discuss how to approach short stories, and share their favorites. Short stories mentioned: The Labyrinth by Jorge Luis Bor...
Ep. 43 – Give them a dog
David and Cargill discuss how to make a character likable and touch upon the difference between tropes and cliches. Email us with your quest...
Ep. 42 – The Pauper Principle
David and Cargill talk the Pauper Principle and how it can be used to create a connection between your audience and a character in your stor...
Ep. 41 – Old wisdom, shared perfectly
David and Cargill talk about why voiceover generally isn’t a good idea for horror films, and why your film or story doesn’t need...
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