017 - Screenwriting w/ Jasmine Jafari-Shull

Nick talks with Jasmine, a recent grad of Loyola Marymount University in California with a masters in Screenwriting - and how they are both selling their souls for the entertainment industry. They talk the history of screenwriting as well as personal tactics.

00:00 - Intro 00:32 - Welcome & Guest Host 03:04 - Seen anything good recently?            Writing & Fellowships             'Black k Klansman' (in theaters)             'Christopher Robin' (in theaters) 05:57 - Extinction (Netflix) 07:04 - 'Disenchantment' (Netflix) 07:45 - 'Saga' (Image comics) 11:05 - News             Scarlett Johansson is the highest paid actress of 2018 12:58 - Jasmine submits script for the Nichols Fellowship 14:16 - Academy Awards adds a new category for Achievement in Popular Film 18:40 - Main Topic: Screenwriting20:14 - Reading/ purchasing scripts 23:44 - Different types of scripts 25:36 - Breaking screenwriting rules 27:33 - Writing specific Genres 31:19 - Case Study: 'The Princess Bride' 34:09 - # of scripts written 36:10 - Screenwriting resources 42:06 - Inspirational writers 44:33 - Favorite movies 48:50 - Director vs Writer (who should get credit?) 51:02 - Original vs Adapted screenplays 54:38 - What are you looking forward to?             'Beautiful Boy' (Oct 12)             'Boy Erased' (Nov 2)             'Mary Queen of Scots' (Dec 7) 56:30 - 'First Man' (Oct 12)             'Jurassic Park' rerelease (Sep 16)             'Jack Ryan'/ 'Ozark' S2 (Aug 31) 01:01:30 - Sign off