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Scriptnotes Podcast

Scriptnotes Podcast

De: John August and Craig Mazin
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 Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.© Copyright 2020
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  • 700 - The Live Call-In Show

    700 - The Live Call-In Show
    Aug 19 2025
    To celebrate our 700th episode, John and Craig open the phone lines for a live late-night call-in show (recorded at 10 a.m. on a Wednesday). Through the power of Zoom (and YouTube), listeners ask questions about rewrites in post, avoiding traps as a production designer, changing characters in a rewrite, and advice on leaving the entertainment industry. We also welcome back familiar faces from Scriptnotes history for a brand-new segment, “People, Places and Things,” where we look at movie stills and ask how we might describe them on the page. Also for debate, what is the boundary between “spoiler” and “what’s happening in culture”? In our bonus segment for premium members, we keep the videophone lines open for more listener questions on juggling multiple projects, preparing alt lines for production, and whether studios option projects just to kill them. You can (and should!) watch the entire episode on our YouTube channel. Just search for Scriptnotes Podcast. While you’re there, give us a Like and a Follow. Links: Watch episode 700 on YouTube!Stuart Friedel, Megan McDonell, and Megana RaoWeaponsThe Hunting Wives on NetflixVince Gilligan YouTube video Our Back to School collection on Weekend ReadPlay along with People, Places and Things: Woman one, woman two, man one, kid duo, oceanside, house, and city.Scriptnotes Episode 399: Notes on Notes Spike tapeBridge Base OnlinePreorder the Scriptnotes Book!Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!Check out the Inneresting NewsletterBecome a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscriptionSubscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTubeCraig Mazin on InstagramJohn August on Bluesky and InstagramOutro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here.
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    1 hora e 5 minutos
  • 699 - How to Talk About Yourself

    699 - How to Talk About Yourself
    Aug 12 2025

    Every writer has to pitch themselves, but how do you do it without sounding like a tool? John welcomes back Pamela Ribon (Nimona, My Year of Dicks) for a big talk about small talk and general meetings. They offer practical tips on what to expect, how to get people to open up, navigating NDAs, staying true to yourself, and organically moving the conversation away from the weather and towards your work.

    We also look at a pernicious effect of underemployment (starting with a prompt from Ryan Knighton,) and answer listener questions on alternating POV, reusing adjectives, and giving your story beats cause and effect.

    In our bonus segment for premium members, we get meta as we discuss the modern podcast landscape and next era of Scriptnotes.

    Links:

    • Scriptnotes Episode 700 – LIVE
    • Pamela Ribon
    • My Year of Dicks
    • Rental Family trailer
    • Japan’s Rent-A-Family Industry by Elif Batuman for The New Yorker
    • 37 Seconds
    • Good conversations have lots of doorknobs by Adam Mastroianni
    • Real Time Lightning Map
    • Students Engaged in Advancing Texas (SEAT)
    • Who Is Watching All These Podcasts? by Joseph Bernstein for NYT
    • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
    • Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
    • Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription
    • Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube
    • Craig Mazin on Instagram
    • John August on Bluesky and Instagram
    • Outro by Nick Moore (send us yours!)
    • Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

    Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

    You can download the episode here.
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    51 minutos
  • 698 - Movies that Never Were

    698 - Movies that Never Were
    Aug 5 2025

    John and Craig descend into development hell to look at films that almost but never quite existed. Using both widely-publicized and little-known examples, they examine common patterns that keep movies frozen in script form.

    We also follow up on solar storms, writer education and genres people should see at least one of. We then answer listener questions on writing empathetically, late-career stamina, non-English dialogue, multi-part movies, and the Scriptnotes theme itself.

    In our bonus segment for premium members, if John and Craig were never paid to write in the screenplay format again, would they still do it?

    Links:

    • Preorder the Scriptnotes Book!
    • Birdigo on Steam
    • Aurora by David Koepp
    • Pale Flower
    • Deep Red
    • Suspiria
    • Hands on a Hard Body
    • American Movie
    • Wonderland
    • Hands on a Hardbody the musical
    • Cure
    • Pulse
    • Moft magnetic wallet stand
    • Total Party Skill podcast
    • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
    • Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
    • Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription
    • Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube
    • Craig Mazin on Instagram
    • John August on Bluesky and Instagram
    • Outro by Steve Pietrowski (send us yours!)
    • Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

    Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

    You can download the episode here.
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    1 hora e 2 minutos
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