The Q&A with Jeff Goldsmith

Jeff is a one man force of enlightenment in the world of screenwriting of great content. This excellently produced show is so informative it truly inspires one to start writing! Plus, the Backstory newsletter is full of deep dive articles not to be found anywhere else on the net. If you want to know how creators create then this am excellent starting point.

This is film school for the folks that missed lectures and asked a buddy to take notes. Great interviews and always entertaining. As a filmmaker I find this podcast an essential tool to my progression in the industry. The insight I’ve gleaned from listening to the show has spurred me on and stories of woe advised me of pitfalls. Adam Ethan Crow Writer/director of the 2020 movie ‘Lair.’

If you are interested in the art and craft of visual storytelling in any way then this podcast is for you. The interviews are very enlightening, I find learning about movies from a screenwriter’s perspective offers an often unheard angle. Well done for shedding light on something that many just take for granted.

As much as I love listening to writers talk about what they do, this podcast annoys me a bit... Jeff Goldsmith asks the same questions, no matter who he’s interviewing. Sometimes he has interviewed the person before, but still asks the same questions he did 2 years ago. His determination to stick to he same questions even interrupts the flow of thought of his interviewees and can drift them away from an interest response. Also, the ads fro Backstory are super long. We get it, you have a magazine, but do you need to talk about it for that long? And in the middle of the interview? I recommend this podcast for anyone interested in cinema. I think there’s no better insight into the writing process. But I would also recommend Jeff Goldsmith to reconsider his advertising methods and maybe think a bit about interview techniques.