585 - Do Muppets Bleed?

<p>John and Craig take a look at ‘writer fingerprints.’ They break down how idiosyncratic choices make up an individual’s style on-the-page and offer advice on how to mimic someone else’s voice.</p> <p>Follow up includes pet rock, a defense of script consultants, the preface page in Tár, and the anti-“actually” mindset.</p> <p>In our bonus segment for premium members, we offer advice to a producer who needs help working with a writer who can’t seem to finish — or deliver — a script.</p> <p>Links:</p> <ul> <li>Scriptnotes episodes with 2023 Oscar Nominees <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2023/the-one-with-sarah-polley" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Sarah Polley</a>, <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2022/rian-johnson-returns" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Rian Johnson</a>, <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2022/the-daniels" target="_blank" rel= "noopener noreferrer">Daniels</a>, <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2018/holiday-live-show-2018" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Pamela Ribon</a></li> <li><a href="https://testflight.apple.com/join/zDf4Fw9c" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Weekend Read Beta</a> Try it out — now updated with all FYC scripts!</li> <li><a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2014/writing-in-another-writers-style" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Writing in another writer’s style</a> on John’s blog with advice from <a href="https://twitter.com/BadassMomWriter" target= "_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Dara Resnick Creasey</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.smithsonianmag.com/science-nature/how-did-computers-uncover-jk-rowlings-pseudonym-180949824/" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Algorithms were able to figure out that Robert Galbraith was JK Rowling</a></li> <li><a href= "https://experimentalhistory.substack.com/p/good-conversations-have-lots-of-doorknobs" target="_blank" rel="noopener noreferrer">Good Conversations Have Lots of Doorknobs</a> by Adam Mastroianni</li> <li><a href="https://www.thegoldenidol.com/" target="_blank" rel= "noo