Canadian screenwriter Ryan Knighton joins John and Craig to discuss how you sustain a career writing for Hollywood studios while living a flight away. Knighton’s first screenplay was the adaptation of his memoir about going blind. He’s since written for several studios, including a new project for Ridley Scott.
We also talk about general meetings, pitching, adapting true stories, and the Sundance screenwriting lab.
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Ryan Knighton, and on Twitter, Wikipedia, This American Life, The Moth and Reading Aloud with Nate Corddry Ryan’s books Cockeyed and Swing in the Hollow on Amazon What is a treatment? on screenwriting.io Ryan side-by-side with Chris O’Dowd LootCrate The For Dummies series and Google AdWords for Dummies Lovage on Wikipedia Outro by Scriptnotes editor Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
