700 - The Live Call-In Show
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 t...
699 - How to Talk About Yourself
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) fo...
698 - Movies that Never Were
John and Craig descend into development hell to look at films that almost but never quite existed. Using both widely-publicized and little-known examp...
697 - We Wrote a Book!
The Scriptnotes Book is real, and now available for preorder! John and Craig take a look through its 335 pages to explore the topics, guests and deep-...
696 - A Screenwriter’s Guide to Directors
In this compendium episode, John and Craig set their focus on directors — and how to work with them as a screenwriter. They look at the inner-workings...
695 - Advice to a Young Film Student (with Scott Frank)
John and Craig welcome back Scott Frank (The Queen’s Gambit, Dept. Q) to offer their best advice to film students and the people who teach them. They ...
694 - Reviving the Spoof Movie
John welcomes back Dan Gregor and Doug Mand (Chip n’ Dale: Rescue Rangers, Pretty Smart) to ask, how do you revive a dead genre? Using their upcoming ...
693 - Setups That Don’t Feel Like Setups
John and Craig plant the idea for setups that have the most satisfying payoffs. Different from exposition, setups introduce ideas and concepts to an a...
692 - Crafting the Perfect Villain
In this craft compendium, John and Craig take a look at everything you need to make your bad guys compelling, memorable, and the perfect antagonist fo...
691 - Collaborative Storytelling and RPGs
John and Craig welcome author Stu Horvath to look at the rich history of tabletop role playing games. From Stu’s collection of over 2300 RPGs, they lo...