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Host George Edelman welcomes Ed Solomon to share how lessons from both success and failure\u2014along with one wild night at an Alaskan Strip Club\u2014have had a hand in shaping the writer he is today.\xa0\xa0\n\nIn this episode, we talk about\u2026\n\nHow Ed\u2019s high school experience inspired him to be a writer and why he tells himself he\u2019s an imposter daily\n\nHow shifting from big budget films to smaller specs expanded Ed\u2019s creative path\n\nHow a trip to an Alaskan strip club led Ed to write the play \u201cStrip Club\u201d and how it got him hired for Laverne & Shirley\xa0\n\nThe fallacy about gateways that lead to your career\u2014you make your own path\n\nWhy Ed considers Men in Black as a series of failures that culminated in success\xa0\n\nDeveloping a skill set to learn how to write while you write and learning from every script\xa0\xa0\n\nHow Ed approaches storytelling:\xa0\n\nRemember you\u2019re always dealing with point of view even if you don\u2019t realize it\n\nKnow what it means to have a healthy relationship with the audience and always keep in mind what they know\n\nExamples of objective vs. subjective points of view\xa0\n\nConsider your audience as a friendly ally\xa0\n\nAdvice for new writers:\xa0\n\nGet other people to say your words out loud and listen to it\n\nTake your words and mount it, direct it, film it, edit it\xa0\n\nTake acting, editing, and cinematography classes\xa0\n\nWatch your very favorite movies and transcribe them\u2014internalize what those writers did\n\nWhat you can learn from transcribing films:\xa0\n\nHow little dialogue you actually need\n\nHow little stage direction you need\xa0\n\nHow short scenes are and how they do not have a beginning, middle and end but just a middle (usually)\n\nThe importance of sequences and how things are a juxtaposition of little pieces to form a sequence\xa0\n\nYou really only learn about writing screenplays by writing a bunch of screenplays\xa0\n\nWhy Ed is choosing to keep a beginner\u2019s mind until the end\xa0\n\n\n\nLinks to Resources:\nNo Sudden Move on HBO max\n\nSubscribe to our newsletter for news, contests, deals, and a FREE ebook at https://nofilmschool.com/screenwritingbook.\xa0\n\nCheck out our new video on lighting night shoots: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=J66WWsCp7XE\n\xa0\nYou can read about all this and more at https://nofilmschool.com/. You can also check out our Gear Guides and Entertainment News on the right hand side.\n\nPlease like us on Facebook, follow us on Twitter, and check us out on Instagram!\n\nAsk us questions at editor@nofilmschool.com!\xa0\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices