734 - A Box Full of Teeth
John and Craig welcome back Katie Dippold (Widow's Bay, Ghostbusters) to ask, what advice would you give to your younger self? They revisit...
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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...
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Listen to Scriptnotes Podcast, a TV & Film podcast by John August. Stream 20 episodes in English, follow new audio stories, and play episodes online on Radio and Podcast.
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20 episodes733 - Learning Comedy
John welcomes five-time Emmy-winning writer Ali Barthwell (Last Week Tonight) to ask, can writers learn to be funny? Drawing from her time a...
732 - Something Very Bad is Going to Happen
John welcomes writer/showrunner Haley Z. Boston for a post-mortem on her terrifying new series, Something Very Bad is Going to Happen. They...
731 - Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests
John and Craig flip the idea of motivation on its head and ask, what are your characters running from? Using examples across film and TV, th...
SC39 - Sidecast: The 2026 MBA
There's a brand new agreement between the WGA and the AMPTP! And since John was the co-chair of the negotiating committee, he's excited to s...
89 - Writing effective transitions (Encore)
John and Craig connect the dots on transitions and how they can be just as important as the scenes themselves. They look at how to get your...
730 - A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting
John sits down with the Northwest Screenwriters Guild at an event to promote the Scriptnotes book, and ends up having a poignant conversatio...
729 - Endings Compendium, Part II
In our first sequel compendium, John and Craig revisit four of their best segments dedicated to crafting a satisfying and emotional ending t...
728 - Beats to Scenes with Drew Goddard
John welcomes back Drew Goddard (Project Hail Mary, High Potential) to ask, how do you turn the beats of your story into full scenes? Using...
197 - How do bad movies get made? (Encore)
John and Craig revisit a favorite episode focused on a single topic: bad movies and how they happen. Using first-hand experience, they look...
727 - Free Work
John and Craig tackle the scourge of free work and offer strategies to avoid it. They look at established norms, potential remedies, the thi...
726 - So you've been nominated for an Oscar
John welcomes writer-directors Natalie Musteata and Alexandre Singh (Two People Exchanging Saliva) to ask, what happens when your short film...
725 - Torn from the pages of Squash Magazine
John and Craig gather our listeners' favorite news articles and ask, How Would This Be a Movie? Stories include an underground network deliv...
724 - Introductions with Joachim Trier
John welcomes writer and director Joachim Trier (Sentimental Value, The Worst Person in the World) to ask, how do you introduce your charact...
723 - Blank Meets Blank
John and Craig ask, what makes a useful comp? Writers often use comparisons when pitching or discussing projects, but what separates good co...
722 - Orality, or Writing to be Spoken
John and Craig ask, are screenwriters just oral storytellers who happen to write things down? They compare the literate and oral markers of...
721 - Preparing to Direct (with Eva Victor)
John and Craig welcome the actor-writer-director of the acclaimed indie Sorry, Baby to discuss preparing to direct your first feature. Eva V...
720 - Watch Your Tone
John welcomes back Susanna Fogel and David Iserson (The Spy Who Dumped Me) to steal their secrets on creating an original tone in their new...
719 - When Good Enough Isn't Enough
John and Craig consider all the words they have to write and ask, how do you know when something deserves your best effort? They offer a use...
718 - No Worries if Not
John and Craig circle back on all the euphemisms and stock phrases that float around Hollywood. Using some favorite examples, they attempt t...
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