Spitballing Indy

This New Yorker article is about the mythology of spitballing - throwing out random ideas and seeing what sticks. But, really, the article is mostly a summary of this transcript from a conversation in 1978 in which Steven Spielberg and George Lucas discuss how Indiana Jones and The Temple of Doom should come together. It's actual, effective, spitballing and it's fascinating to see the entire process laid out. Good ideas, bad ideas, lost ideas, horrible insights - they're all there.

The whole thing ties in nicely to this insight from Lena Masek. Working out ideas is the thing, even the greats like ole Spielberg and Lucas do it.