{"version":1,"type":"rich","provider_name":"Libsyn","provider_url":"https:\/\/www.libsyn.com","height":90,"width":600,"title":"The Smarter Artist Show: Episode 18 - Write to Impress Your Collaborator","description":"SUMMARY Sean, Dave, and Johnny open with Something Cool, including Sean's announcement that he's finished his first album and wants early listeners before it drops publicly next month. Then they get into the real subject: collaboration. How it starts, how it breaks, how it makes you better when it works, and what happens when you write with someone who can see your blind spots before you can. By the end of the episode, three collaborations are on the table. Sean and Dave on Yesterday's Gone. Sean and Johnny on The Beam, Unicorn Western, and Future of Sex. And the specific mechanics of how each partnership works differently, from character-by-character chapters to skeletal reference beats to the value of a calling out Sean\u2019s old bobblehead ticks in the writing. TIMESTAMPS 0:00 Cold open, Piss Daddy, the email, and why YouTube apparently wants them to lean into it 14:04 Something Cool: Johnny's early read of How Music Works by David Byrne 6:00 Dave's Something Cool: the TV show Something Bad Is Going to Happen, and the soulmate vs. soul match debate 14:31 Sean's Something Cool: Ethan's graduation, and the announcement that Sean's first album is done 20:01 How to get early access to Sean's album before it drops (reply to the Dispatch with one sentence) 25:21 The Piss Story, origins of Piss Daddy, and what it revealed about how well Sean actually reads Dave's work 28:14 How Dave and Sean's collaboration started, and what Dave's instincts gave Sean early on 29:57 The Ira Glass gap, pattern recognition, and the bobblehead note that cured Sean of a writing tick forever 33:06 How Sean and Johnny's collaboration process works, and how it's changed over 10+ years 35:18 Unicorn Western: the reference Western method and why they didn't hide the homage 36:05 The Beam's world-building and how Johnny invented Shift by interrogating the premise 43:06 Yesterday's Gone: how Dave and Sean each took characters independently, the serial killer collision, and the Boricio revelation. What a great collaboration actually demands: writing to impress your partner, not just your reader 48:45 The Future of Sex cliffhanger that cut off all possible escape routes, and why neither of them worried about it 50:54 Pattern Black, overbuilding, and when a collaboration spools out too much rope 52:11 Knowing your strengths and weaknesses as collaborators, and the new script Dave is nearly done with 56:35 Outro, Smarter Artist song LINKS MENTIONED How Music Works by David Byrne (book\/audiobook): https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/How-Music-Works-David-Byrne\/dp\/1938073533 Sean's album (early access): Reply to this week's Dispatch email with one sentence about why you want to hear it. Public release next month. Comic Palooza Houston (Johnny's appearance): https:\/\/comicpalooza.com FREE BOOK + DISPATCH If this conversation gave you something to think about, head to https:\/\/smarterartist.net\/dispatch Sign up and you'll get a copy of The Smarter Artist Method and the workbook right away. Also: if you've read The Smarter Artist Method, a review on Amazon goes a long way.     ","author_name":"The Smarter Artist Show","author_url":"https:\/\/www.smarterartist.net","html":"