John and Craig revisit their legendary conversation with screenwriter-turned-psychotherapist Dennis Palumbo to discuss writer’s block, procrastination, partnerships and more. It’s a can’t-miss episode for aspiring writers and professionals alike.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we travel back to episode 425 where John and Craig debate when to practice self care or tough love, and how to evaluate when each of them are helpful.

Links:

• Dennis Palumbo
• Written by Magazine
• Dennis’s books on Goodreads
• Impostor Syndrome on Wikipedia
• The Imposter
• Paper Karma helps you control your mailbox
• The Secret in Their Eyes
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• Craig Mazin on Threads and Instagram
• John August on Threads, Instagram, Twitter and Mastodon
• Outro by Stuart Friedel (send us yours!)
• This episode was originally produced by Stuart Friedel. Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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You can download the episode here.

The original transcript for this episode can be found here.