EP424: Cole Haddon — “I Stripped the Censor in my Head”

Cole Haddon is an Australian-American screenwriter and novelist whose first TV commission, Dracula, was produced by NBC and SKY and starred Jonathan Rhys Meyers. Psalms for the End of the World is his debut novel and Cole tells us how he was inspired by looking into the eyes of one of his young children, why he’s happy to fail, how he deals with notes, and he gives us tips for writing scripts and graphic novels.

And in the extended version for Academy membersand podcast Patrons, the Two Marks discuss the importance of allowing yourself to fail, Hollywood being soulless, the difference between novel writing and screenwriting, short chapters, being genre agnostic, and much more!

WE DISCUSS…

Getting too many notes.
Being genre agnostic.
And learning from failure…

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