![]() ![]() And then my mother would say, and we would all hear it, “Stop shaking the bed. And Karen, of course, would occasionally have to turn over. My mother had this thing about - there could be no motion in the bed, or she would get very, very angry. And then we would always be in one hotel room, with the two double beds, and I would get into bed with dad, and my sister Karen would get into bed with mom. But wherever we would go, or we would drive to Washington, DC. So we would drive from Staten Island to Hershey, Pennsylvania, or we would take Amtrak. All I want to do now is not get on planes. Now, of course, I look back at those days and I think, oh, how sweet. Not a flyer before then.Ĭraig: Believe me, I wanted to. When we did go on vacations, they were always – I was not on a plane until I was in college. I certainly have learned to share space better because of that.Ĭraig: Well, you had probably a much nicer childhood than I did. I definitely understand that split and the necessity of that, although I grew up with – in my family we had a trailer originally, and then a motorhome, and so I spent a tremendous amount of time with just me, my parents, and my brother in a very, very small environments. John: No, they’ve got to have their own room.Ĭraig: Now we’re either conjoining rooms or we’re Airbnbs, because you know what, honestly, they don’t want to be in a room with us and we definitely do not want to be in a room with them. I have the two kids, a 16-year-old and a 13-year-old. My family, we will be on the road ourselves next week for a little post-Christmas vacation, before they go back to school.Ĭraig: But the whole one room thing, see, you have one kid, so the one room thing still makes sense. And I’m looking forward to be back in Los Angeles in my normal environment, but it has been lovely to spend so much time with my family.Ĭraig: Listen, I love spending time with the family, too. I’ve spent the last 17 days in a hotel room with my family. So, listeners might not be aware that I’ve actually been traveling for 17 days. Craig has now diagnosed me with a sinus infection, which is what I suspect it will be. And, you know, while I was in fact making fun of how nasally you are in my introduction there, I am a little concerned because you do have a bit of a cold. We’ll also be answering listener questions on titling scripts, alternative sluglines, and creative paralysis.Ĭraig: Happy New Year to you, John. Today on the podcast, we’ll be discussing suspense, and how to use it in your script. John: And this is Episode 332 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. The original post for this episode can be found here. Scriptnotes, Ep 332: Wait for It - Transcript UPDATE 5-19-2020 The transcript for this episode can now be found here. Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.Įmail us at can download the episode here.Outro by James Llonch ( send us yours!). ![]()
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