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Why Screenwriters Need Multiple Skills Outside of "The Business" - Alex Knight

In this episode of the Write in the Head podcast: Alex Knight is a New York-born, Vermont-reared, Canadian-American screenwriter who dwells in the realm of comedy and excessive hyphenation. He's worked on scripted shows, reality TV, and live events for the likes of Netflix, Max, Meta, Prime Video, and Paramount+. Alex and I go deep on the art of skill acquisition, how it makes us stronger writers (even if those skills aren't directly related to the craft), and at what point it becomes too much of a distraction (do we really need to learn gymnastics and breakdancing to be better writers?). — 02:00 The benefits of being multi-passionate 06:00 Everything is connected to writing 13:02 Collecting industry skills 17:45 Long distance running makes you a better writer 22:30 Can we take skill acquisition too far? 25:30 Premature optimization vs. The Hour Glass trajectory 36:00 Skill acquisition for differentiation 40:30 How can we track progress in the entertainment industry? 44:00 Modeling yourself on successful screenwriters 49:30 Creating metrics to track our own progress 54:00 The power of creating a daily writing habit — Join the free Write in the Head community for screenwriters here: https://www.writeinthehead.org/ Check out some of Alex's work here: https://dwmopodcast.com/ Connect with me here:   / jonpaulspurling   Something you'd like to know more about as a screenwriter? Have requests for more screenwriting tips? Leave a comment and I'll make it happen. Like. Subscribe. Let's get there together ❤️