The Curious Engineer

John August

2015–2026

1,497 posts

← 2008–2014

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October 2026

  1. Austin 2026 – Three Page Challenge
  2. Revisiting The Dropout
  3. Nerding Out on Story with Andrew Stanton
  4. Character Creator Kit
  5. Archetypes
  6. Directing Your Writing

September 2026

  1. East of Eden with Zoe Kazan
  2. The One with Aaron Sorkin
  3. General Meetings
  4. Assembling a Career with Erin Gibson
  5. Quinceañera

August 2026

  1. Famous People with Taffy Brodesser-Akner
  2. One Room Movies
  3. Wrapping It Up with Hacks
  4. How Would This Be a Crime?

July 2026

  1. Road Trip
  2. The Invite with Rashida Jones and Will McCormack
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 742: Obsession with Curry Barker — Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 741: Craig Takes Questions — Transcript
  5. Bronson Watermarker goes Pro
  6. Writing while the World is on Fire (Encore)
  7. Frontier models are surprisingly bad at jigsaw puzzles
  8. Thinking on Your Feet with Ryan Condal

June 2026

  1. Obsession with Curry Barker
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 740: On Competence, Transcript
  3. Craig Takes Questions
  4. On Competence
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 739: The One with David E. Kelly, Transcript
  6. The One with David E. Kelley
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 738: Building Your Audience with Courtney Kemp, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 737: Studio-Adjacent, Transcript
  9. Building Your Audience with Courtney Kemp

May 2026

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 736: The Devil You Know, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 732: Something Very Bad is Going to Happen, Transcript
  3. Studio-Adjacent
  4. The Devil You Know
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 735: The Flashforward Fallback, Transcript
  6. The Flashforward Fallback
  7. Never Gonna Not Dance Again could have been bigger
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 734: A Box Full of Teeth, Transcript
  9. A Box Full of Teeth
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 733: Learning Comedy, Transcript

April 2026

  1. Learning Comedy
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 731: Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 730: A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting, Transcript
  4. What I learned from a year of Highland Pro
  5. Something Very Bad is Going to Happen
  6. Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests
  7. Sidecast: The 2026 MBA
  8. Writing effective transitions (Encore)

March 2026

  1. A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 729: Endings Compendium, Part II, Transcript
  3. Endings Compendium, Part II
  4. How I use Highland Fling
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 728: Beats to Scenes with Drew Goddard, Transcript
  6. Beats to Scenes with Drew Goddard
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 727: Free Work, Transcript
  8. How do bad movies get made? (Encore)
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 726: So you’ve been nominated for an Oscar, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 725: Torn from the pages of Squash Magazine, Transcript
  11. Free Work

February 2026

  1. So you’ve been nominated for an Oscar
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 724: Introductions with Joachim Trier, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 723: Blank Meets Blank, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 722: Orality, or Writing to be Spoken, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 721: Preparing to Direct (with Eva Victor), Transcript
  6. Torn from the pages of Squash Magazine
  7. Introductions with Joachim Trier
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 720: Watch Your Tone, Transcript
  9. Blank Meets Blank

January 2026

  1. Orality, or Writing to be Spoken
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 719: When Good Enough Isn’t Enough, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 718: No Worries if Not, Transcript
  4. Preparing to Direct (with Eva Victor)
  5. Watch Your Tone
  6. When Good Enough Isn’t Enough
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 717: The Screenwriting Life: The Craft Lessons That Matter Most, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 716: Personality Typologies, Transcript

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December 2025

  1. No Worries if Not
  2. What I did in 2025
  3. The Screenwriting Life: The Craft Lessons That Matter Most
  4. Personality Typologies
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 715: The Book Launch, Live!, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 714: Three Page Challenge Live in Austin 2025, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 713: Your First Produced Film, Transcript
  8. The Book Launch, Live!
  9. The Scriptnotes Book is out today!
  10. Three Page Challenge Live in Austin 2025

November 2025

  1. Your First Produced Film
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 712: Something Wicked This Way Comes, Transcript
  3. Something Wicked This Way Comes
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 711: The State of Pitching, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 710: What Happened To Weird?, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 709: Live at the Austin Film Festival 2025, Transcript
  7. Getting Stuff Written
  8. The State of Pitching
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 708: Ambition Meets Fabrication, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 702: Last Looks, Transcript
  11. What Happened To Weird?
  12. Scriptnotes, Episode 707: After the Hunt, Transcript

October 2025

  1. Read the first 30 pages of the Scriptnotes book
  2. Live at the Austin Film Festival 2025
  3. AFF 2025 – Three Page Challenge
  4. Ambition Meets Fabrication
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 706: Is TV Better Now?, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 705: Short Films and Existential Threats, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 704: Places, Everyone, Transcript
  8. After the Hunt
  9. A Cheap Cut of Meat Soaked in Butter (Encore)

September 2025

  1. Is TV Better Now?
  2. Episode 703: Getting Period Right, Transcript
  3. Writing for microdramas, aka verticals
  4. Short Films and Existential Threats
  5. Robert Redford, RIP
  6. Places, Everyone
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 701: Connections, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 700: The Live Call-In Show, Transcript
  9. Getting Period Right
  10. Last Looks

August 2025

  1. Connections
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 699: How to Talk About Yourself, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 698: Movies that Never Were, Transcript
  4. The Live Call-In Show
  5. How much can a screenwriter expect to earn from a hit film?
  6. How to Talk About Yourself
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 697: We Wrote a Book!, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 696: A Screenwriter’s Guide to Directors, Transcript
  9. Movies that Never Were

July 2025

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 695: Advice to a Young Film Student (with Scott Frank), Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 694: Reviving the Spoof Movie, Transcript
  3. We Wrote a Book!
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 693: Setups That Don’t Feel Like Setups, Transcript
  5. A Screenwriter’s Guide to Directors
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 692: Crafting the Perfect Villain, Transcript
  7. Advice to a Young Film Student (with Scott Frank)
  8. Design Dilemma: Any vs. All
  9. Birdigo comes out July 30th!
  10. Reviving the Spoof Movie
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 691: Collaborative Storytelling and RPGs, Transcript
  12. Setups That Don’t Feel Like Setups

June 2025

  1. Constructing a great action sequence
  2. Crafting the Perfect Villain
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 690: Living and Writing in Sci-Fi Times, Transcript
  4. Collaborative Storytelling and RPGs
  5. Sciptnotes, Episode 689: The Old New Video Problem, Transcript
  6. Living and Writing in Sci-Fi Times
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 687: How to Not Ruin Your First Film, Transcript
  8. The Old New Video Problem
  9. Scriptnotes on YouTube

May 2025

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 688: Writing Jokes with Mike Birbiglia, Transcript
  2. Writing Jokes with Mike Birbiglia
  3. How to Not Ruin Your First Film
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 686: Problem Solving, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 685: Page and Stage with Leslye Headland, Transcript
  6. Problem Solving
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 684: Landing a Series with Eric Kripke, Transcript
  8. Page and Stage with Leslye Headland
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 683: Our Take on Long Takes, Transcript

April 2025

  1. Landing a Series with Eric Kripke
  2. Idea Management (Encore)
  3. Our Take on Long Takes
  4. New Florida, an Alien RPG scenario
  5. Talking Austen in Austin (Encore)
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 682: The Second Season with Tony Gilroy, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 681: The Waiting Game, Transcript
  8. The Second Season with Tony Gilroy

March 2025

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 679: The Driver’s Seat, Transcript
  2. The Waiting Game
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 680: Writing Action Set Pieces, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 678: The On-Set Producer, Transcript
  5. Writing Action Set Pieces
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 677: Puzzle Box Storytelling, Transcript
  7. The Driver’s Seat
  8. Featured Friday: Writers
  9. Introducing Highland Pro
  10. The On-Set Producer

February 2025

  1. Featured Friday: Puzzle Boxes
  2. Puzzle Box Storytelling
  3. Featured Friday: Cults
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 676: Writing while the World is on Fire, Transcript
  5. Writing while the World is on Fire
  6. Featured Friday: Love Stinks
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 675: Say Nothing with Joshua Zetumer, Transcript
  8. Say Nothing with Joshua Zetumer
  9. Featured Friday: Weaving Plotlines
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 674: The One vvith Robert Eggers, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 673: Structure, and How to Enjoy a Movie, Transcript
  12. The One vvith Robert Eggers

January 2025

  1. Featured Friday: 90’s Maximalism
  2. Structure, and How to Enjoy a Movie
  3. Featured Friday: And the Nominees Are…
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 672: Navigating Loss with Jesse Eisenberg, Transcript
  5. More on AI environmental costs
  6. Navigating Loss with Jesse Eisenberg
  7. Featured Friday: Social Realism
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 671: The Best/Worst it Will Ever Be, Transcript
  9. The Fires, and Good Energy (Encore)
  10. Featured Friday: Teachers
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 669: They Ate Our Scripts, Transcript
  12. Scriptnotes, Episode 668: Holiday Live Show 2024, Transcript
  13. The Best/Worst it Will Ever Be
  14. Something’s Coming
  15. Featured Friday: Prison

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December 2024

  1. Writing Animated Movies (Encore)
  2. Featured Friday: New Year’s Eve
  3. Writing Across Mediums
  4. Featured Friday: Fantasy Epics
  5. They Ate Our Scripts
  6. Featured Friday: Awards 2024
  7. Holiday Live Show 2024
  8. Featured Friday: Christmas in the Background
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 667: The One with Justin Kuritzkes, Transcript
  10. The One with Justin Kuritzkes

November 2024

  1. Featured Friday: Musicals
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 666: Satanic Movies, Transcript
  3. Satanic Movies
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 665: What Can You Even Do?, Transcript
  5. Featured Friday: Fish out of Water
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 664: Hollywood Got Old, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 663: Live in Austin 2024, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 662: 20 Questions (2024 Edition), Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 661: Screenwriting is a Poorly Defined Problem, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 660: Moneyball, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 659: Big Money Movies with Marielle Heller, Transcript
  12. Clueless (Encore)
  13. Scriptnotes, Episode 658: Advice Show, Transcript
  14. Featured Friday: Modern Anxieties
  15. Scriptnotes, Episode 657: Deadpool with Ryan Reynolds, Transcript
  16. Scriptnotes, Episode 656: Halogencore, Transcript
  17. What Can You Even Do?
  18. Featured Friday: New Parents
  19. Hollywood Got Old
  20. At the table with Kamala Harris
  21. Play AlphaBirds with us
  22. Featured Friday: Politics and Elections

October 2024

  1. Live in Austin 2024
  2. Featured Friday: Monster Movies
  3. 20 Questions (2024 Edition)
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 655: Conflict and Stakes Compendium, Transcript
  5. Featured Friday: Haunted Houses
  6. Screenwriting is a Poorly Defined Problem
  7. Featured Friday: Sci-Fi Futurism
  8. How to sell Big Fish
  9. Moneyball
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 654: How to Watch Bad Movies, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 653: Multi-Cam Comedies and WGA Dollars, Transcript
  12. Scriptnotes, Episode 652: Rituals, Transcript
  13. Featured Friday: Dysfunctional Families
  14. Buckling Down (Encore)

September 2024

  1. Featured Friday: Vampires
  2. Big Money Movies with Marielle Heller
  3. Featured Friday: Organized Crime
  4. Psychotherapy for Screenwriters (Encore)
  5. Featured Friday: Period Television
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 651: The Live Edit, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 650: Overwritten, Transcript
  8. Advice Show
  9. Featured Friday: Curses
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 649: The Comedic Premise with Simon Rich, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 648: Farewell Scenes, Transcript
  12. Scriptnotes, Episode 647: Crafting Your Ending, Transcript
  13. Deadpool with Ryan Reynolds

August 2024

  1. Featured Friday: 24 Hours or Less
  2. Halogencore
  3. Featured Friday: First Features
  4. Conflict and Stakes Compendium
  5. Featured Friday: Back to School
  6. How to Watch Bad Movies
  7. Multi-Cam Comedies and WGA Dollars
  8. Featured Friday: Spies & Secret Agents

July 2024

  1. Rituals
  2. Featured Friday: Emmy Nominees
  3. The Live Edit
  4. Featured Friday: Childhood Escapism
  5. AlphaBirds, our favorite office game
  6. Overwritten
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 646: Industry Software, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 645: The Third Season, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 644: The Power of the Cold Open, Transcript
  10. Featured Friday: Frankenstein Fables
  11. How screenwriters find their voice (Encore)
  12. The Comedic Premise with Simon Rich

June 2024

  1. Farewell Scenes
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 643: Agents and Managers 101, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 642: It’s Brutal Out Here, Transcript
  4. Crafting Your Ending
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 641: What Characters Know, Transcript
  6. Industry Software
  7. The Third Season
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 640: Can You Believe It?, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 639: Intrinsic Motivation, Transcript

May 2024

  1. The Power of the Cold Open
  2. Working It Out: Screenwriting Advice You’ll Actually Use
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 638: Lawyer Scenes, Transcript
  4. Agents and Managers 101
  5. It’s Brutal Out Here
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 637: Love and Money, Transcript

April 2024

  1. What Characters Know
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 636: Whispering Loudly, Transcript
  3. Can You Believe It?
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 635: Is This Person Going to Ruin Everything?, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 634: What If? Hollywood Edition, Transcript
  6. Intrinsic Motivation
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 633: Reviving a Dormant Project, Transcript
  8. Lawyer Scenes
  9. Love and Money
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 632: Mystery and Suspense, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 631: Adapting for Television, Transcript

March 2024

  1. Movies We Haven’t Seen
  2. Whispering Loudly
  3. Is This Person Going to Ruin Everything?
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 630: The One with Celine Song, Transcript
  5. What If? Hollywood Edition
  6. Reviving a Dormant Project

February 2024

  1. Mystery and Suspense
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 629: Cork Grease, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 628: The Fandom Menace, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 627: Unbelievably Agentic, Transcript
  5. Adapting for Television
  6. A few thoughts on Sora
  7. The One with Celine Song
  8. Cork Grease
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 626: Realistic but Distracting, Transcript

January 2024

  1. And the nominees are…in Weekend Read
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 625: Back in the FYC, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 624: Creating Empathy for Your Characters, Transcript
  4. The Fandom Menace
  5. Sidecast: The DGA Deal, part 2
  6. Unbelievably Agentic
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 623: A Very Special Christmas Episode, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 622: The One with Christopher Nolan, Transcript
  9. Realistic but Distracting
  10. Back in the FYC
  11. Creating Empathy for Your Characters

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December 2023

  1. A Very Special Christmas Episode
  2. The One with Christopher Nolan
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 621: How Would This Be a Biopic?, Transcript
  4. How Would This Be a Biopic?
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 620: This Uncertain Age, Transcript
  6. Writing About Mental Health and Addiction (Encore)
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 619: Comedy Episode, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 618: Clearing out the Mailbag, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 617: Monsters and You, Transcript

November 2023

  1. This Uncertain Age
  2. Comedy Episode
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 616: The One with Neil Gaiman, Transcript
  4. Clearing out the Mailbag
  5. Sidecast: SAG-AFTRA has a deal
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 615: The Mind’s Eye, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 613: Entering the Post-Strike Era, Transcript
  8. The Princess Bride (Encore)

October 2023

  1. Monsters and You
  2. The One with Neil Gaiman
  3. The Mind’s Eye
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 612: The Wizard of Splash, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 614: Storytelling and the Strike, Transcript
  6. Sidecast: WGA Ratifies its Contract
  7. Writer Emergency Pack XL now on Amazon
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 611: Basic Instincts, Transcript
  9. Storytelling and the Strike
  10. Speaking to the FTC about generative AI
  11. Entering the Post-Strike Era
  12. Sidecast: On the SAG-AFTRA Picket Line

September 2023

  1. Sidecast: What’s in the Deal
  2. The One with Greta Gerwig (Encore)
  3. Sidecast: There’s a Deal!
  4. The Wizard of Splash
  5. Sidecast: Writers Who Read
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 610: The Premise, Transcript
  7. Writing Action (Encore)
  8. Sidecast: NYC Picketing
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 609: Dialogue and Character Voice, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 608: Scriptnotes LIVE! at Dynasty Typewriter in LA, Transcript
  11. Sidecast: Disability and Visibility on the Picket Line
  12. Basic Instincts

August 2023

  1. Sidecast: Picket Line Q & A
  2. The Premise
  3. Sidecast: FTC Looks at Mergers
  4. Dialogue and Character Voice
  5. FTC proposes new merger guidelines
  6. Sidecast: Elections
  7. Scriptnotes LIVE! at Dynasty Typewriter in LA
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 607: In the Beginning Was the Word, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 606: Character and Story Fit, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 605: Medicine and Mayhem, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 604: That’s a Good Question, Transcript
  12. Sidecast: 100 Days
  13. In the Beginning Was the Word
  14. Sidecast: AMPTP Asks for a Meeting
  15. How to Write a Movie (Encore)

July 2023

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 603: Billion Dollar Advice, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 602: Research Isn’t Cheating, Transcript
  3. Sidecast: Risk and Reward
  4. Character and Story Fit
  5. Sidecast: Different Guilds, Different Needs
  6. Medicine and Mayhem
  7. Sidecast: The Double Strike, Day One
  8. Sidecast: SAG-AFTRA on Strike
  9. Advice for a New Staff Writer (Encore)
  10. Sidecast: Heroes and Villains (of the Strike)
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 601: Side Quests, Transcript
  12. That’s a Good Question

June 2023

  1. Billion Dollar Advice
  2. Sidecast: Summer Schedule
  3. Sidecast: March and Rally for a Fair Contract
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 600: McQuarrie Returns, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 599: Group Dynamics, Transcript
  6. The Rocky Shoals (pages 70-90), Encore
  7. Sidecast: Screenwriters Everywhere – Cologne and Copenhagen
  8. Research Isn’t Cheating
  9. Sidecast: International Day of Picketing
  10. Sidecast: SAG-AFTRA, DGA and What Comes Next
  11. Side Quests
  12. Sidecast: How to Talk to Your Parents About the Strike

May 2023

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 598: The One with Vince Gilligan, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 597: Rollo Tomasi, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 596: McQuarrie on McQuarrie, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 595: Correctable Crises, Transcript
  5. McQuarrie Returns
  6. Sidecast: Animation Picket
  7. Sidecast: Location Picketing
  8. Group Dynamics
  9. My history with AI
  10. AI and Copyright
  11. Sidecast: A New SAV
  12. The One with Vince Gilligan
  13. Sidecast: Neutral Gates
  14. Scriptnotes, Episode 594: Bindles and Gold Pans, Transcript
  15. Scriptnotes, Episode 593: The Ref with Richard LaGravenese, Transcript
  16. Sidecast: One Week In
  17. Rollo Tomasi
  18. Sidecast: The Shrine
  19. Sidecast: On the Picket Line – Day 1
  20. Sidecast: WGA on Strike
  21. McQuarrie on McQuarrie

April 2023

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 592: Only One of Us Can Be the Hero, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 591: Collective Narratives, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 590: Anti-Villains, Transcript
  4. Sidecast: Solidarity and Strike Rules
  5. Notes on Notes, Rebroadcast
  6. Correctable Crises
  7. Sidecast: SAV Results
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 589: The One with Patton Oswalt, Transcript
  9. Bindles and Gold Pans
  10. The Ref with Richard LaGravenese
  11. Sidecast: Strike Authorization Vote

March 2023

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 588: Changing of the Guard, Transcript
  2. How Writing Credits Work, Rebroadcast
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 538: On Being A Screenwriter, Transcript
  4. Only One of Us Can Be the Hero
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 587: Toldja! The Nikki Finke Movie, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 586: Against Vagina Monsters, Transcript
  7. Collective Narratives
  8. Anti-Villains

February 2023

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 585: Do Muppets Bleed?, Transcript
  2. The One with Patton Oswalt
  3. Sidecast: Pattern of Demands
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 577: The One with Daniels, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 573: Three Page Challenge Live in Austin, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 584: Adapting Your Own Novel, Transcript
  7. Changing of the Guard
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 552: Parentheses Would Help, Transcript
  9. Toldja! The Nikki Finke Movie
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 582: Who Can You Trust? Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 580: Finding a Way In, and Out, Transcript
  12. Scriptnotes, Episode 564: Brocal Fry, Transcript
  13. Scriptnotes, Episode 583: The One with Sarah Polley, Transcript
  14. Against Vagina Monsters
  15. Sidecast: WGA Negotiations
  16. Scriptnotes, Episode 581: A Guide to Good Writing, Transcript

January 2023

  1. Do Muppets Bleed?
  2. Adapting Your Own Novel
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 576: What You’re Looking At, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 578: Any Given Wednesday, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes Episode 579: Rian Johnson Returns, Transcript
  6. The One with Sarah Polley
  7. Which of these answers was written by AI?
  8. Who Can You Trust?
  9. A Guide to Good Writing

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December 2022

  1. Finding a Way In, and Out
  2. How ChatGPT resets the levels
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 553: Adapting Station Eleven, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 575: The Billion Dollar Episode, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 574: Difficult Scenes, Transcript
  6. Rian Johnson Returns
  7. Social media has always been dying
  8. Whither Westworld
  9. Any Given Wednesday
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 572: Live at the Austin Film Festival 2022, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes Ep 571: Scriptnotes Live in LA, Transcript
  12. The Daniels

November 2022

  1. What You’re Looking At
  2. The Billion Dollar Episode
  3. Difficult Scenes
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 570: How Much Progress? Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 569: Inspiration vs. Motivation, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 568: Writing as Acting, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 567: No Stars, Please, Transcript
  8. Three Page Challenge Live in Austin
  9. Live at the Austin Film Festival 2022

October 2022

  1. Scriptnotes Live in LA
  2. Whiplash on Paper and on Screen, Rebroadcast
  3. How Much Progress?
  4. How classes use Writer Emergency Pack
  5. PayUpHollywood progress, an update from ‘Christian’
  6. Inspiration vs. Motivation

September 2022

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 566: Not Controversial At All, Transcript
  2. Writing as Acting
  3. Scriptnotes Episode 565: Sorry to Splaflut, Transcript
  4. No Stars, Please
  5. Not Controversial At All
  6. Sorry to Splaflut
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 537: The One with Mike Schur, Transcript

August 2022

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 563: VFX Deep Dive, Transcript
  2. Brocal Fry
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 562: Finish Line Blues, Transcript
  4. VFX Deep Dive
  5. Finish Line Blues
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 560: Books and VFX, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 561: Why Now? Transcript
  8. The Free Stuff
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 559: Dating Your Writing Partner, Transcript
  10. Why Now?
  11. Scriptnotes Episode 558: Magnetic Characters, Transcript
  12. Scriptnotes Episode 557: Flashbacks, Transcript
  13. Scriptnotes, Episode 556: Let’s Catch Up, Transcript
  14. Scriptnotes Episode 555: Marveling with Michael Waldron, Transcript
  15. Scriptnotes, Episode 502: Free Will (Or, It’s Okay to Not Be a Screenwriter), Transcript
  16. Scriptnotes, Episode 554: Getting the Gang Back Together, Transcript
  17. Books and VFX

July 2022

  1. Dating Your Writing Partner
  2. Bonus Episode – Word Games
  3. Magnetic Characters
  4. Clarifying scene geography
  5. Flashbacks

June 2022

  1. Scriptnotes Episode 551: Making the Modern Comedy Series, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 550: Entrances and Exits, Transcript
  3. Let’s Catch Up
  4. Marveling with Michael Waldron
  5. Getting the Gang Back Together
  6. Adapting Station Eleven
  7. Scriptnotes Episode 549: The Sideways Effect, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes Episode 545: The Nuclear Episode, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes Episode 546: Limited Series, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 547: Good Energy, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes Episode 548: Made for Streaming, Transcript

May 2022

  1. Parentheses Would Help
  2. Making the Modern Comedy Series
  3. Entrances and Exits
  4. The Sideways Effect
  5. The Odd Joy of the Wizard/Paladin
  6. Made for Streaming

April 2022

  1. Good Energy
  2. Scriptnotes Episode 544: 20 Questions with Craig, Transcript
  3. Limited Series
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 540: Nice to Meet-Cute You, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 541: Intelligence vs. Charisma, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 542: Betrayed! Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 543: 20 Questions with John, Transcript
  8. The Nuclear Episode
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 539: Science Movies, Transcript
  10. 20 Questions with Craig

March 2022

  1. 20 Questions with John
  2. Betrayed!
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 536: Adaptation and Transition, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 534: Halfway There, Transcript
  5. Intelligence vs. Charisma
  6. Nice to Meet-Cute You
  7. Science Movies

February 2022

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 535: Main Character Energy, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 532: Mistakes of Yes
  3. What to do about fake scripts
  4. On Being A Screenwriter
  5. The One with Mike Schur
  6. Adaptation and Transition
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 531: Scene to Scene, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 533: We See and We Hear, Transcript
  9. Main Character Energy

January 2022

  1. Halfway There
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 524: The Home Stretch, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 529: The Journey, The Destination, and Movie Lego, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 530: The One with Jack Thorne, Transcript
  5. We See and We Hear
  6. Writing with an invisible illness
  7. Mistakes of Yes
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 528: M is for Minimum, Transcript
  9. Scene to Scene

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December 2021

  1. Holiday Live Show 2018 – Extended
  2. The One with Jack Thorne
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 526: Just One Question, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes Episode 527 – Diehard, Transcript
  5. The Journey, the Destination, and Movie Lego
  6. Is a class in script coverage worth it?
  7. M is for Minimum
  8. Way Too Interested in Supply Chains
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 525: The Story This Was Based On, Transcript

November 2021

  1. Die Hard
  2. Just One Question
  3. The Story This Was Based On
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 523: A Screenwriter’s Guide to Bullshitting, Transcript
  5. The Home Stretch
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 522: Blindspots and Natural Structure, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 521: Action Density, Transcript
  8. A Screenwriter’s Guide to Bullshitting

October 2021

  1. Blindspots and Natural Structures
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 520: You Can’t Even Imagine, Transcript
  3. Action Density
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 518: Knives Outback, Transcript
  5. You Can’t Even Imagine
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 519: How to Forget, Transcript
  7. Why I changed my mind on end credits
  8. How to Forget

September 2021

  1. Knives Outback
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 517: Smart People Talking About TV, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 515: Ashley is Back, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 516: 10th Anniversary, Transcript
  5. Smart People Talking About TV
  6. 10 Year Anniversary
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 514: Looking Back and Forward, Transcript
  8. Ashley is Back

August 2021

  1. Looking Back and Forward
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 512: There Is No Conspiracy, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 513: Writing For Stars, Transcript
  4. Writing For Stars
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 510: Craft Compendium Transcript
  6. Getting a visa as a writer
  7. There is No Conspiracy
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 511: Framing the Story, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes Episode, 378 – Rebroadcast: The Worst of the Worst Transcript
  10. 378 – The Worst of the Worst
  11. Framing the Story

July 2021

  1. Craft Compendium
  2. Episode 509: Foreshadowing, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes Episode 507: Preproduction, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 508: Creating a TV Comedy, Transcript
  5. Foreshadowing
  6. Creating a TV Comedy
  7. Scriptnotes Episode 506: Good News, Bad News, Transcript
  8. Preproduction

June 2021

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 505: Making TV Like Features (But Better), Transcript
  2. Good News, Bad News
  3. Rebroadcast, Ep 180: Bad Teachers, Good Advice and the Default Male
  4. Making TV Like Features (But Better)
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 503: When You’re Given the Character, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 504: Writing a Script in (insert number) Days, Transcript
  7. Writing a Script in (insert number) Days
  8. When You’re Given the Character

May 2021

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 500: The Quincenterary, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 501: Patterns of Success, Transcript
  3. Free Will (Or, It’s Okay to Not Be a Screenwriter)
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 497: When You’re the Boss, Transcript
  5. Patterns of Success
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 499: Live and In Person Transcript
  7. The Quincenterary
  8. Live and In Person
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 498: Small Plates, Transcript

April 2021

  1. Getting Apple Pay to work on my M1 MacBook
  2. Small Plates
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 496: The Thing You’re Not Writing, Transcript
  4. When You’re the Boss
  5. The Thing You’re Not Writing
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 495: The Title of This Episode, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 494: Screenwriting in Color, Transcript
  8. The Title of This Episode

March 2021

  1. Screenwriting in Color
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 493: Opening Scenes, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 492: Gray Areas, Transcript
  4. Opening Scenes
  5. Gray Areas
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 491: The Deal with Deals, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes Episode 490: Secrets and Lies, Transcript
  8. The Deal with Deals
  9. Screenwriting competitions aren’t worth the money
  10. Secrets and Lies

February 2021

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 489: Kingdom of Cringe, Transcript
  2. Kingdom of Cringe
  3. The Parable of the Potato Farmer
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 488: What Actually Happened in the Agency Battle, Transcript
  5. Recapping the AMBA Campaign
  6. What Actually Happened in the Agency Battle
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 487: Getting Staffed in 2021, Transcript
  8. Feature Residuals and the Mystery of SVOD
  9. Getting Staffed in 2021
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 485: Unions and Guilds, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 486: Sexy Ghosts of Chula Vista, Transcript
  12. What I Learned Writing a Trilogy
  13. Sexy Ghosts of Chula Vista

January 2021

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 482: Batman and Beowulf, Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 483: Philosophy for Screenwriters, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 481: Random Advice 2020, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 484: Time Lords, Transcript
  5. Unions and Guilds
  6. Time Lords
  7. Philosophy for Screenwriters
  8. 2020 Annual Review
  9. Batman and Beowulf

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December 2020

  1. Random Advice 2020
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 480: The Wedding Episode, Transcript
  3. The Wedding Episode
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 479: On Losing A Parent, Transcript
  5. On Losing A Parent
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 478: The One Hour Drama, Transcript
  7. Episode 11: How Movie Money Works, Rebroadcast
  8. Some early reflections on losing my mom
  9. Highland gets a new Novel template
  10. One Hour Dramas

November 2020

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 477: Counting Clowns, Transcript
  2. Highland 2 is very fast on the new Macs
  3. Counting Clowns
  4. Scriptnotes 475: The One with Eric Roth, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 476: The Other Senses, Transcript
  6. The Other Senses
  7. The One with Eric Roth
  8. Getting the Razer Tartarus Pro keyboard to work with macOS Catalina and beyond
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 474: The Calm One, Transcript
  10. The Calm One

October 2020

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 473: I Regret My Quibi Tattoo, Transcript
  2. I Regret My Quibi Tattoo
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 469: Loglines are for Other People, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 472: Emotional States, Transcript
  5. Emotional States
  6. Feature residuals in 2020
  7. The Conflict Episode, Rebroadcast
  8. Scriptnotes Writers Voting Live Event
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 471: Sing What You Can’t Say, Transcript
  10. Sing What You Can’t Say
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 470: Dual Dialogue, Transcript

September 2020

  1. Dual Dialogue
  2. Loglines Are For Other People
  3. Scriptnotes Episode 468: Should You Pitch or Spec That? Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes Episode 467: Another Word for Euphemism, Transcript
  5. What are loglines, and do they even matter?
  6. Should You Pitch or Spec That?
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 466: Questions! Or You’ve Got Moxie, Transcript
  8. Another Word for Euphemism
  9. Pretty much everything is on sale
  10. A DM’s guide to Roll20
  11. Questions! Or You’ve Got Moxie

August 2020

  1. Let’s make a Fountain block for WordPress
  2. General meetings don’t have to be general
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 464: Creating a Visual Language, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes Episode 465: The Lackeys Know What They’re Doing, Transcript
  5. Two transitions in a row
  6. The Lackeys Know What They’re Doing
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 463: Writing Action, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 462: Development Heck, Transcript
  9. Creating a Visual Language
  10. How We Record Scriptnotes, 2020
  11. Writing Action

July 2020

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 461: The Right Manganese for the Job, Transcript
  2. Development Heck
  3. Getting TextExpander and WorkFlowy to play nicely
  4. Normal is not an option
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 459: International Television, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 460: Adapting with Justin Simien, Transcript
  7. The Right Manganese for the Job
  8. Adapting with Justin Simien
  9. International Television
  10. Scriptnotes, Episode 458: Collapsing Scenes, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Ep 457: Getting Staffed in Comedy Variety, Transcript

June 2020

  1. Collapsing Scenes
  2. Summer Reading
  3. Getting Staffed in Comedy Variety
  4. Scriptnotes 456: Too Much at Once, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes 455: Police On Screen, Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, 454: That Icky Feeling, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 453: Getting Back to Set Transcript
  8. Too Much at Once
  9. Police on Screen
  10. That Icky Feeling
  11. #theShowMustBePaused

May 2020

  1. Scriptnotes Ep 452: The Empire Strikes Back with Lawrence Kasdan, Transcript
  2. Getting Back to Set
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 451: There Are No Slow Claps, Transcript
  4. The Empire Strikes Back with Lawrence Kasdan
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 450: Only the Interesting Scenes, Transcript
  6. There Are No Slow Claps
  7. Only the Interesting Scenes
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 449: The One with Sam Esmail, Transcript

April 2020

  1. Scriptnotes, Episode 448: Based on a True Story, Transcript
  2. The One with Sam Esmail
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 446: Back to Basics, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, ep 447: Three Page Zoom, Transcript
  5. Based on a True Story
  6. Three Page Zoom
  7. Getting Things Done in a Pandemic
  8. Back to Basics
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 444: Clueless, Transcript
  10. Livestreaming the Three Page Challenge
  11. Scriptnotes, Ep 445: The One with Phoebe and Ryan, Transcript
  12. The One with Phoebe and Ryan
  13. Scriptnotes Live Show this Saturday

March 2020

  1. Clueless
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 443: What We’re Up To, Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 441: Readers, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 442: Stop Counting Pages (And Touching Your Face) Transcript
  5. What We’re Up To
  6. What is a #writesprint?
  7. Stop Counting Pages (and Touching Your Face)
  8. Working as a freelance reader
  9. Readers
  10. How accurate is the page-per-minute rule?
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 440: Beyond Bars, Transcript
  12. Beyond Bars
  13. Episode, 439: How to Grow Old as a Writer, Transcript

February 2020

  1. How to Grow Old as a Writer
  2. Highland 2 Student Edition
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 437: Other Things Screenwriters Write, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 438: How to Listen, Transcript
  5. How to Listen
  6. Other Things Screenwriters Write
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 436: Political Movies, Transcript
  8. Political Movies

January 2020

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 435: The One with Noah Baumbach
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 434: Ambition and Anxiety, Transcript
  3. The One with Noah Baumbach
  4. Ambition and Anxiety
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 433: The One with Greta Gerwig Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 432: Learning From Movies, Transcript
  7. The One with Greta Gerwig
  8. Scriptnotes, Bonus Episode: Die Hard Deep-Dive, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Bonus: 1917 Q&A, Transcript
  10. Uncredited writing by a script coordinator
  11. Learning from Movies
  12. Scriptnotes, Episode 431: Scriptnotes Holiday Live Show 2019, Transcript
  13. Bonus – 1917 Q&A with Sam Mendes and Krysty Wilson-Cairns

2019 131

December 2019

  1. Bonus – Die Hard Deep Dive
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 430: From Broadway to Hollywood Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 429: Cleaning Up the Leftovers, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes Ep 422: Assistants Aren’t Paid Nearly Enough, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 421: The Follow Upisode, Transcript
  6. Holiday Live Show 2019
  7. Introducing the new Scriptnotes Premium
  8. From Broadway to Hollywood
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 428: Assistant Writers, Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 426: Chance Favors the Prepared with Lulu Wang, Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Ep 427: The New One with Mike Birbiglia, Transcript
  12. Cleaning up the Leftovers
  13. Scriptnotes, Extra: Assistants Town Hall

November 2019

  1. Assistant Writers
  2. Professionalism in the Age of the Influencer
  3. The New One with Mike Birbiglia
  4. Chance Favors the Prepared with Lulu Wang
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 425: Tough Love vs. Self Care, Transcript
  6. Tough Love vs. Self Care
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 420: The One with Seth Rogen, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 423: Minimum Viable Movie, Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, 424: Austin Film Festival, Transcript
  10. Early progress on assistant pay

October 2019

  1. Doing right by assistants
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 419: Professionalism
  3. Austin Film Festival 2019
  4. Writers PA left to pick up the tab
  5. Minimum Viable Movie
  6. Assistants Aren’t Paid Nearly Enough
  7. Hollywood assistants have always been underpaid, but this is different
  8. Follow Upisode
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 417: Idea Management, Transcript
  10. The One with Seth Rogen

September 2019

  1. Scriptnotes Ep 418: The One with David Koepp, Transcript
  2. Extra – What’s it like to win an Emmy?
  3. Professionalism
  4. The One with David Koepp
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 416: Fantasy Worldbuilding
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 415: The Veep Episode
  7. Idea Management
  8. Fantasy Worldbuilding

August 2019

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 414: Mushroom Powder Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 413: Ready to Write
  3. The Veep Episode
  4. Casting a blind teenage actress
  5. Mushroom Powder
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 412: Writing About Mental Health and Addiction, Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 410: Wikipedia Movies, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 411: Setting it Up with Katie Silberman, Transcript
  9. Ready to Write
  10. My Non-Candidate Statement
  11. Writing About Mental Health and Addiction
  12. The Myth of “No Negotiation”

July 2019

  1. Setting it Up with Katie Silberman
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 409: I Know You Are But What Am I? Transcript
  3. Wikipedia Movies
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 408: Rolling Dice, Transcript
  5. I Know You Are, But What Am I?
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 407: Understanding Your Feature Contract, Transcript
  7. Rolling Dice
  8. Dots, Dashes and Parentheticals
  9. Understanding Your Feature Contract

June 2019

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 406: Better Sex with Rachel Bloom
  2. Better Sex with Rachel Bloom
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 405: Live at the Ace, Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes Ep, 404: The One with Charlie Brooker, Transcript
  5. Live at the Ace Hotel
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 403: How to Write a Movie Transcript
  7. The One with Charlie Brooker
  8. How to Write a Movie

May 2019

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 402: How Do You Like Your Stakes? Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 401: You Got Verve, Transcript
  3. How Do You Like Your Stakes?
  4. On Aladdin
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep: 400, Movies They Don’t Make Anymore Transcript
  6. You Got Verve
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 399: Notes on Notes Transcript
  8. Movies They Don’t Make Anymore
  9. Getting Started with the Start Button
  10. Notes on Notes
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 397: The Sound Episode, Transcript

April 2019

  1. The Curated Craft Compendium
  2. Scriptnotes, Episode 396: Big Numbers, Transcript
  3. The Sound Episode
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 395: All in this Together, Transcript
  5. Big Numbers
  6. All in this Together
  7. Scriptnotes, Episode 394: Broken but Sympathetic, Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Episode 393: Twenty Questions About the Agency Agreement, Transcript
  9. Broken but Sympathetic

March 2019

  1. Explaining Conflict of Interest
  2. Twenty Questions About the Agency Agreement
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 392: The Final Moment, Transcript
  4. Guild Sets Dates for Meetings and Vote
  5. The Final Moment
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 391: When It’s All Said and Done Transcript
  7. When It’s All Said and Done
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 390: Getting Staffed, Transcript
  9. Getting Staffed
  10. Scriptnotes ep, 389: The Future of the Industry Transcript

February 2019

  1. The Future of the Industry
  2. Scriptnotes, ep 388: The Clown Stays in the Picture
  3. Scriptnotes, Episode 387: Seattle Live Show 2019, Transcript
  4. The Clown Stays in the Picture
  5. Scriptnotes, 386: The Princess Bride Transcript
  6. Seattle Live Show 2019
  7. The Chinese Box Office is Huge
  8. Scriptnotes, Extra: The Agency Agreement
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 385: Rules and Plans — Transcript
  10. Come to the Arlo Finch launch
  11. The Princess Bride
  12. Hiring a coder

January 2019

  1. My writing setup, 2019
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 384: Plot Holes — Transcript
  3. Rules and Plans
  4. We’re all starring in our our show
  5. Bear spray is not stronger than pepper spray
  6. Scriptnotes, Episode 383: Splitting the Party, Transcript
  7. Is it the show, or the venue?
  8. Plot Holes
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 382: Professional Realism — Transcript
  10. But does it spark joy?
  11. How Can This Possibly End Well?
  12. Splitting the Party
  13. Scriptnotes, Ep 381: Becoming a Professional Screenwriter — Transcript
  14. Professional Realism
  15. Scriptnotes, Ep 378: The Worst of the Worst — Transcript
  16. Scriptnotes, Ep 380: Double Ampersand — Transcript
  17. Scriptnotes, Ep 379: Holiday Live Show 2018 — Transcript
  18. Bonus – 1917 Q&A
  19. Becoming a Professional Screenwriter

2018 123

December 2018

  1. Double Ampersand
  2. Holiday Live Show 2018
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 377: The Second Draft — Transcript
  4. The Worst of the Worst
  5. The Second Draft

November 2018

  1. Rangers at the Ready
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 375: Austin 2018 Three Page Challenge — Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 376: Commencement — Transcript
  4. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  5. Commencement
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 374: Real-World Villains — Transcript
  7. Austin 2018 Three Page Challenge
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 373: Austin Live Show 2018 — Transcript
  9. Real-World Villains
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 372: No Writing Left Behind — Transcript

October 2018

  1. Austin Live Show 2018
  2. No Writing Left Behind
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 371: Writing Memorable Dialogue — Transcript
  4. Only Haters Hate Rom-Coms
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 370: Two Things at the Same Time — Transcript
  6. Writing Memorable Dialogue
  7. Arlo Finch, the series trailer
  8. Two Things at the Same Time

September 2018

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 369: What Is a Movie, Anyway? — Transcript
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 368: Advice for a New Staff Writer — Transcript
  3. What Is a Movie, Anyway?
  4. Inneresting
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 367: One Year Later — Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Extra: WGA Elections 2018 — Transcript
  7. Advice for a New Staff Writer
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 366: Tying Things Up — Transcript
  9. You can’t have my back and yours at the same time
  10. One Year Later
  11. WGA Elections 2018
  12. How murky rights keep movies in limbo
  13. Scriptnotes, Ep 365: Craig Hates Dummies — Transcript
  14. Why Highland 2 doesn’t automatically add CONT’D
  15. Tying Things Up

August 2018

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 364: Netflix Killed the Video Store — Transcript
  2. Craig Hates Dummies
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 363: Best Popular Screenwriting Podcast — Transcript
  4. Netflix Killed the Video Store
  5. Highland 2.1 adds a lot of new functionality
  6. Missing Movies
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 362: The One with Mindy Kaling — Transcript
  8. Best Popular Screenwriting Podcast
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 361: From Indie to Action Comedy — Transcript
  10. My abortion story
  11. The One with Mindy Kaling
  12. I’m on the App Store

July 2018

  1. Billionaires-to-be
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 360: Relationships — Transcript
  3. Living the dream
  4. From Indie to Action Comedy
  5. Relationships
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 359: Where Movies Come From — Transcript
  7. You’d hardly recognize Arlo Finch overseas
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 358: Point of View — Transcript
  9. Where Movies Come From
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 357: This Title is an Example of Exposition — Transcript
  11. Point of View
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 356: Writing Animated Movies — Transcript
  13. This Title is an Example of Exposition
  14. Michael Arndt on Endings

June 2018

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 355: Not Worth Winning — Transcript
  2. Writing Animated Movies
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 354: Upgrade — Transcript
  4. Not Worth Winning
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 353: Bad Behavior — Transcript
  6. Upgrade
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 352: Infinite Westworld — Transcript
  8. Bad Behavior

May 2018

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 351: Full Circle — Transcript
  2. Infinite Westworld
  3. How (and why) to write a novel in Highland 2
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 350: Limerence — Transcript
  5. Full Circle
  6. On Big Fish, inclusion and family-friendliness
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 349: Putting Words on the Page — Transcript
  8. Limerence
  9. Scriptnotes, Episode 348: All About Family, Transcript
  10. Putting Words on the Page
  11. Scriptnotes, Episode 347: Conflict of Interest, Transcript
  12. True confessions of a knife-juggling bear
  13. All About Family

April 2018

  1. Scriptnotes Live in May
  2. Independent Bookstore Day
  3. Conflict of Interest
  4. Scriptnotes, Episode 346: Changing the Defaults, Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Episode 345: Love, Aptaker & Berger, Transcript
  6. Changing the Defaults
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 344: Comedy Geometry — Transcript
  8. Love, Aptaker & Berger
  9. Comedy Geometry
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 343: The One with the Indie Producer — Transcript

March 2018

  1. Introducing AlphaBirds
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 342: Getting Paid for It — Transcript
  3. The One with the Indie Producer
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 341: Knowing vs. Discovering — Transcript
  5. Getting Paid for It
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 340: What’s the Plan, Anyway? — Transcript
  7. Knowing vs. Discovering
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 339: Mostly Terrible People — Transcript
  9. What’s the Plan, Anyway?

February 2018

  1. Mostly Terrible People
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 338: We’re Back, Baby — Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 337: The One with Stephen Schiff — Transcript
  4. We’re Back, Baby
  5. The One with Stephen Schiff
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 336: Call Me by Your Name — Transcript
  7. Arlo Finch in the Bookstores of America (and Canada)
  8. The Next 117 Pages

January 2018

  1. Call Me by Your Name
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 335: Introducing Launch — Transcript
  3. I made another podcast
  4. Introducing Launch
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 334: Worst Case Scenarios — Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 333: The End of the Beginning — Transcript
  7. Worst Case Scenarios
  8. The End of the Beginning
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 332: Wait for It — Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 331: We Had the Same Idea — Transcript
  11. Wait for It

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December 2017

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 330: A Cop’s Cop Show — Transcript
  2. We Had the Same Idea
  3. A Cop’s Cop Show
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 329: Five-Star Podnerships — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 328: Pitching Television, or Being a Passionate Widget — Transcript
  6. Five-Star Podnerships
  7. Don’t search with your eyes
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 327: Mergers and Break Ups — Transcript
  9. Pitching Television, or Being a Passionate Widget

November 2017

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 326: Austin 2017 Three Page Challenge — Transcript
  2. Mergers and Breakups
  3. Austin 2017 Three Page Challenge
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 325: (Adjective) Soldier — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 324: All of It Needs to Stop — Transcript
  6. (Adjective) Soldier
  7. All of It Needs to Stop
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 323: Austin Live Show 2017 (AKA Too Many Scotts) — Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 322: The Post-Weinstein Era — Transcript

October 2017

  1. Austin Live Show 2017 (AKA Too Many Scotts)
  2. The Post-Weinstein Era
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 321: Getting Stuff Written — Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes Voice: Snitching on Sexism
  5. Getting Stuff Written
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 320: Should You Give Up? — Transcript
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 212 Rebroadcast: Diary of a First Time Director — Transcript
  8. Should You Give Up?
  9. Diary of a First-Time Director
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 319: Movies Dodged a Bullet — Transcript

September 2017

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 318: Writing Other Things — Transcript
  2. Movies Dodged a Bullet
  3. I’m joining the WGA board
  4. Writing Other Things
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 317: First Day on the Job — Transcript
  6. First Day on the Job
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 316: Distracted Boyfriend Is All of Us — Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 315: Big Screens, Big Money — Transcript
  9. Distracted Boyfriend Is All of Us

August 2017

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 314: Unforgiven — Transcript
  2. How Arlo Finch got his name
  3. Big Screens, Big Money
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 313: Well, It Worked in the 80s — Transcript
  5. Unforgiven
  6. Well, It Worked in the 80s
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 312: The Magic Word Is In This Episode — Transcript
  8. The Magic Word Is In This Episode
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 311: Scriptnotes Live Homecoming Show — Transcript
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 310: What’s in the WGA Deal — Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes Live Homecoming Show

July 2017

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 309: Logic and Gimmickry — Transcript
  2. What’s in the WGA Deal
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 308: Chekhov’s Ladder — Transcript
  4. Dennis Lehane on novels vs. screenplays
  5. Logic and Gimmickry
  6. Chekhov’s Ladder
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 307: Teaching Your Heroes to Drive — Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 306: DRAMA! — Transcript
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 305: Forever Young and Stupid — Transcript
  10. Teaching Your Heroes to Drive

June 2017

  1. Drama
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 304: Location Is Where It’s At — Transcript
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 303: 75% of Nothing — Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 302: Let’s Make Some Oscar Bait — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 301: The Addams Family — Transcript
  6. Forever Young and Stupid
  7. A last look at The Leftovers
  8. Location Is Where It’s At
  9. 75% of Nothing

May 2017

  1. This is why you want a writer’s agreement
  2. Let’s Make Some Oscar Bait
  3. The Addams Family
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 300: From Writer to Writer-Director — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 299: It’s Always Sunny in Star Wars — Transcript
  6. From Writer to Writer-Director
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 298: How Characters Move — Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 297: Free Agent Franchises — Transcript
  9. The two kinds of title pages
  10. Lying builds character
  11. It’s Always Sunny in Star Wars
  12. How Characters Move

April 2017

  1. Advice for Lost Time Travelers
  2. Free-Agent Franchises
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 296: Television with Damon Lindelof — Transcript
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 295: The Return of Malcolm — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 294: Getting the Details Wrong — Transcript
  6. Television with Damon Lindelof
  7. We’re voting yes. But.
  8. The Return of Malcolm
  9. On not reading reviews
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 293: Underground Railroad of Love — Transcript
  11. Getting the Details Wrong

March 2017

  1. Psychotherapy for Screenwriters
  2. Underground Railroad of Love
  3. We’ve had enough of these freeloading lottery winners
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 292: Question Time — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 291: California Cannibal Cults — Transcript
  6. #Trypod reviewsday
  7. The reality of quote-unquote health insurance
  8. Question Time
  9. Pour one out for “Hold my beer”
  10. The Scriptnotes Listener’s Guide
  11. Tuesday Reviewsday: Trains, Images and Screenshots
  12. California Cannibal Cults
  13. Scriptnotes, Ep 290: The Social Media Episode — Transcript
  14. Scriptnotes, Ep 289: WGA Negotiations 101 — Transcript

February 2017

  1. The Social Media Episode
  2. WGA Negotiations 101
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 288: Betty, Veronica and Craig — Transcript
  4. Betty, Veronica and Craig
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 287: Hollywood is Always Dying — Transcript
  6. Hollywood is Always Dying
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 286: Script Doctors, Dialogue and Hacks — Transcript
  8. On Neutrality

January 2017

  1. Script Doctors, Dialogue and Hacks
  2. A Refugee Story
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 285: Sinbad and the Sea-Monkeys — Transcript
  4. You should run for office
  5. Sinbad and the Sea-Monkeys
  6. It’s literally Mario and a clipboard
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 284: AMA With Derek Haas — Transcript
  8. AMA With Derek Haas
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 283: Director Disorientation — Transcript
  10. Some Questions for Paul Ryan as He Tries to Sleep
  11. Director Disorientation
  12. Tuesday Reviewsday: Coffee Atrocities
  13. Scriptnotes, Ep 282: The One from Paris — Transcript
  14. The One from Paris

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December 2016

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 281: Holiday Homeopathy Spectacular — Transcript
  2. Holiday Homeopathy Spectacular
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 280: Black List Boys Don’t Cry — Transcript
  4. Black List Boys Don’t Cry
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 279: What Do They Want? — Transcript
  6. What Do They Want?
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 278: Revenge of the Clams — Transcript
  8. Revenge of the Clams
  9. The Workaholics list of banned phrases
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 277: Fantasy and Reality — Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Ep 276: Mammoths of Mercy — Transcript
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 275: English is not Latin — Transcript

November 2016

  1. Fantasy and Reality
  2. Separating scenes in Highland
  3. Mammoths of Mercy
  4. Starting a screenwriting career somewhere else, part two
  5. Twelve Days of Scriptnotes
  6. This Feeling Will End
  7. Do all the good you can
  8. English is not Latin
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 274: Welcome to Gator Country — Transcript
  10. Welcome to Gator Country

October 2016

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 273: What is a Career in Screenwriting Like? — Transcript
  2. What is a Career in Screenwriting Like?
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 272: The Secret Live Show in Austin — Transcript
  4. The Secret Live Show in Austin
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 271: Buckling Down — Transcript
  6. Buckling Down
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 270: John Lee Hancock — Transcript
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 269: Mystery Vs. Confusion — Transcript
  9. John Lee Hancock

September 2016

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 268: (Sometimes) You Need a Montage — Transcript
  2. Mystery Vs. Confusion
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 267: Dig Two Graves — Transcript
  4. (Sometimes) You Need a Montage
  5. Starting a screenwriting career outside of LA (or New York, or London)
  6. Dig Two Graves
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 266: Stranger Things and Other Things — Transcript
  8. Stranger Things and Other Things
  9. There are no black beans in France
  10. I live in Paris now
  11. Scriptnotes, Ep 265: Sheep Crossing Roads — Transcript

August 2016

  1. Sheep Crossing Roads
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 264: The One With the Agent — Transcript
  3. The One With the Agent
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 263: Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting — Transcript
  5. Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 262: Tidy Screenwriting — Transcript
  7. Tidy Screenwriting
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 261: Don’t Think Twice — Transcript
  9. Don’t Think Twice
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 260: Anthrax, Amnesia and Atomic Veterans — Transcript

July 2016

  1. Anthrax, Amnesia and Atomic Veterans
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 259: The Exit Interview — Transcript
  3. Adam Davis, year 10
  4. I wrote a book.
  5. Duly Noted: Let’s Talk about Episode 259
  6. The Exit Interview
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 258: Generic Trigger Warning — Transcript
  8. Generic Trigger Warning
  9. Running the length of Malawi
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 257: Flaws are features — Transcript
  11. Flaws are features
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 256: Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle — Transcript

June 2016

  1. Aaron Sorkin vs. Aristotle
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 255: New and Old Hollywood — Transcript
  3. New and Old Hollywood
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 254: The One with the Kates — Transcript
  5. The One with the Kates
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 253: Television Economics for Dummies — Transcript
  7. A Writer’s Guide to Allies
  8. Television Economics for Dummies
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 252: An Alliance with House Mazin — Transcript

May 2016

  1. An Alliance with House Mazin
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 251: They Won’t Even Read You — Transcript
  3. They Won’t Even Read You
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 250: The One with the Austin Winner — Transcript
  5. The One with the Austin Winner
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 249: How to Introduce Characters — Transcript
  7. Less IMDb needs a new home
  8. How to Introduce Characters
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 248: Pitching an Open Writing Assignment — Transcript
  10. Pitching an Open Writing Assignment

April 2016

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 247: The One with Lawrence Kasdan — Transcript
  2. Three Days to One Hit Kill
  3. The One with Lawrence Kasdan
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 246: The One with the Idiot Teamster — Transcript
  5. The Gold Standard
  6. The One with the Idiot Teamster
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 245: Outlines and Treatments — Transcript
  8. We’re having a spring cleaning sale
  9. Why I’m voting no on Amendment 1
  10. Outlines and Treatments
  11. Writer Emergency Pack now on Amazon UK
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 244: The Invitation, and Requels — Transcript
  13. The Invitation, and Requels

March 2016

  1. Heroes, Villains and Two-Handers
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 242: No More Milk Money — Transcript
  3. No More Milk Money
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 241: Fan Fiction and Ghost Taxis — Transcript
  5. Fan Fiction and Ghost Taxis
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 240: David Mamet and the producer pass — Transcript
  7. David Mamet and the producer pass
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 239: What is good writing? — Transcript
  9. Tuesday Reviewsday: Pillars of Eternity
  10. Bronson Watermarker gets a minor update
  11. What is good writing?

February 2016

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 238: The job of writer-producer — Transcript
  2. The job of writer-producer
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It — Transcript
  4. To Kill a Mockingbird
  5. Sexy But Doesn’t Know It
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 236: Franchises and Final Draft — Transcript
  7. Tuesday Reviewsday, vol. 4
  8. Franchises and Final Draft
  9. The premise, or what’s the point?
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 235: The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys — Transcript
  11. Tuesday Reviewsday, vol. 3
  12. The one with Jason Bateman and the Game of Thrones guys
  13. Five jokes, considered

January 2016

  1. It’s franchises all the way down
  2. Weekend Read can read scripts aloud
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 234: The Script Graveyard — Transcript
  4. My writing setup, 2016
  5. Tuesday Reviewsday, vol. 2
  6. The Script Graveyard
  7. The rise and fall of Relativity
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 233: Ocean’s 77 — Transcript
  9. Torrenting the Oscars 2016
  10. Changing heroes mid-stream
  11. Tuesday Reviewsday
  12. Ocean’s 77
  13. What screenwriters mean by IP and YA
  14. Scriptnotes, Ep 232: Fun with Numbers — Transcript
  15. Scriptnotes, Ep 231: Room, Spotlight and The Big Short — Transcript
  16. Fun with Numbers
  17. Room, Spotlight and The Big Short

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December 2015

  1. Raiders of the Lost Ark
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 229: Random Advice 2015 — Transcript
  3. Random Advice 2015
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 228: Scriptnotes Holiday Show 2015 — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes Holiday Show 2015
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 227: Feel the Nerd Burn — Transcript
  7. Feel the Nerd Burn
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 226: The Batman in the High Castle — Transcript
  9. The Batman in the High Castle

November 2015

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 225: Only haters hate rom-coms — Transcript
  2. Only haters hate rom-coms
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 224: Whiplash, on paper and on screen — Transcript
  4. Whiplash, on paper and on screen
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 223: Confusing, Unlikable and On-The-Nose — Transcript
  6. Confusing, Unlikable and On-The-Nose
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 222: Live from Austin 2015 — Transcript
  8. Live from Austin 2015

October 2015

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 221: Nobody Knows Anything (including what this quote means) — Transcript
  2. Nobody Knows Anything (including what this quote means)
  3. Formatting a montage in Highland using Forced Action
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 220: Writers Rooms, Taxes, and Fat Hamlet — Transcript
  5. Apprenticeship 101
  6. Writers Rooms, Taxes, and Fat Hamlet
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 219: The One Where Aline’s Show Debuts — Transcript
  8. What went right and what could have gone better with Writer Emergency Pack
  9. The One Where Aline’s Show Debuts
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 218: Features are different — Transcript
  11. Switching from Final Draft to Highland
  12. The Martian, or Making Things Going Wrong Well
  13. Features are different
  14. Scriptnotes, Ep 217: Campaign statements and residual statements — Transcript

September 2015

  1. Screenwriter Mark Mallouk on Black Mass
  2. Campaign statements and residual statements
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 216: Rewrites and Scheduling — Transcript
  4. Rewrites and Scheduling
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 215: PG13: Blood, Boobs and Bullcrap — Transcript
  6. Scriptnotes t-shirts, pie chart edition
  7. PG13: Blood, Boobs and Bullcrap
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 214: Clerks and recreation — Transcript
  9. 2015 Scriptnotes shirts now available for pre-order
  10. Clerks and recreation
  11. Craig is running a few minutes behind
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 213: NDAs and other acronyms — Transcript
  13. NDAs and other acronyms

August 2015

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 212: Diary of a First-Time Director– Transcript
  2. Diary of a First-Time Director
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 211: The International Episode — Transcript
  4. The International Episode
  5. Short cut-aways, and the value of BACK TO:
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 210: One-Handed Movie Heroes — Transcript
  7. One-Handed Movie Heroes
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 209: How to Not Be a Jerk — Transcript
  9. How to Not Be a Jerk

July 2015

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 208: How descriptive audio works — Transcript
  2. How descriptive audio works
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 207: Why movies have reshoots — Transcript
  4. Weekend Read gains new features, fixes an annoying bug
  5. How descriptive narration gets written
  6. Why movies have reshoots
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 206: Everything but the dialogue — Transcript
  8. Everything but the dialogue
  9. Fight the Giant, or Moving Up the Showdown
  10. Featured Friday: Before they were filmed
  11. The Scriptnotes 200-episode USB drive
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 205: The One with Alec Berg — Transcript
  13. The One with Alec Berg
  14. The road to becoming a professional artist
  15. The End of Teen Drivers
  16. Scriptnotes, Ep 204: No one makes those movies anymore — Transcript

June 2015

  1. Responding to App Store reviews
  2. No one makes those movies anymore
  3. How to Get Staffed on a TV show
  4. Weekend Read: Featured Fridays
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 203: Nobody Eats Four Marshmallows — Transcript
  6. Stack of Needles, and giving your characters too much of a good thing
  7. Nobody Eats Four Marshmallows
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 202: Everyman vs. Superman — Transcript
  9. When do characters deserve to die?
  10. Really Short Stories
  11. Everyman vs. Superman
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 201: How would this be a movie? — Transcript
  13. How would this be a movie?
  14. Scriptnotes, Ep 200: The 200th Episode Live Show — Transcript
  15. The Automatic Gate
  16. The 200th Episode Live Show
  17. Go ahead and send happy support emails

May 2015

  1. 8 Common Mistakes Made by New Screenwriters
  2. Saving water and power
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 199: Second Draft Doldrums — Transcript
  4. The 200th Episode Live Feed
  5. Second Draft Doldrums
  6. How and why we made the One Hit Kill app
  7. Scriptnotes, Ep 198: Back to 100 — Transcript
  8. Back to 100
  9. Scriptnotes, Ep 197: How do bad movies get made? — Transcript
  10. One Hit Kill is now on Kickstarter
  11. How do bad movies get made?
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 196: The long and short of it — Transcript
  13. The long and short of it
  14. Check out the game we’re making
  15. Scriptnotes, Ep 195: Writing for Hollywood without living there — Transcript

April 2015

  1. Writing for Hollywood without living there
  2. Spalding Gray, depression, and the Big Fish connection
  3. Scriptnotes, Ep 194: Poking the bear — Transcript
  4. Ghost and Jacob’s Ladder at the WGA
  5. Podcaster as cult leader
  6. Highland and Weekend Read get updates
  7. Poking the bear
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 193: How writing credits work — Transcript
  9. How writing credits work
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 192: You can’t train a cobra to do that — Transcript
  11. Scriptnotes, Ep 191: The Deal with Scripped.com — Transcript
  12. You can’t train a cobra to do that
  13. Scriptnotes, Ep 190: This Is Working — Transcript
  14. The Deal with Scripped.com
  15. Writer Emergency Pack, now in stores

March 2015

  1. This Is Working
  2. Scriptnotes, Ep 189: Uncluttered by Ignorance — Transcript
  3. K.C. Scott’s “This Is Working”
  4. Strategic Sexual Hook-ups for “It Follows” Situations
  5. Uncluttered by Ignorance
  6. Scriptnotes, Ep 188: Midseason Finale — Transcript
  7. The first and last thing you see
  8. Midseason Finale
  9. What is a Cinderella story, anyway?
  10. Scriptnotes, Ep 187: The Coyote Could Stop Any Time — Transcript
  11. Hardy Boys, in outline form
  12. Rude Awakenings
  13. Scriptnotes, Ep 186: The Rules (or, the Paradox of the Outlier) — Transcript
  14. The Coyote Could Stop Any Time
  15. The Rules (or, the Paradox of the Outlier)

February 2015

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 185: Malcolm Spellman, a Study in Heat — Transcript
  2. Malcolm Spellman, a Study in Heat
  3. Is automatic (cont’d) a bug or a feature?
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 184: Go Set a Spider-Man — Transcript
  5. Scriptnotes, Ep 183: The Deal with the Gravity Lawsuit — Transcript
  6. Go Set a Spider-Man
  7. The Deal with the Gravity Lawsuit
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 182: The One with Rebel Wilson and Dan Savage — Transcript
  9. The Dirty Show
  10. The One with Rebel Wilson and Dan Savage

January 2015

  1. Scriptnotes, Ep 181: INT. THE WOODS – NIGHT — Transcript
  2. INT. THE WOODS – NIGHT
  3. How color timing works
  4. Scriptnotes, Ep 180: Bad Teachers, Good Advice and the Default Male — Transcript
  5. Weekend Read 1.5 now in beta, adds iPad and iCloud support
  6. Bad Teachers, Good Advice and the Default Male
  7. Screenplays on the Kindle, 2015 edition
  8. Scriptnotes, Ep 179: The Conflict Episode — Transcript
  9. Malawi is flooded, and needs your help
  10. The Conflict Episode
  11. Weekend Read, for your consideration
  12. Scriptnotes, Ep 178: Doing, not thinking — Transcript
  13. Doing, not thinking

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