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Local Optimum (The Screenplay)

September 3, 2024From the book Math for English Majors

A writer has finished a screenplay but isn't satisfied: it's at a local optimum, the best they can do without dramatic changes, and they're exhausted.

Transcript

"The screenplay is finally done." "So you're satisfied with it?" "Not at all. I mean it's at a local optimum, and I'm exhausted."

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Cartoon by Ben Orlin, Math with Bad Drawings. https://cartoons.mathwithbaddrawings.com/2024-09-03-local-optimum/ (CC BY-NC 4.0)
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