Podcast Episodes

719 - When Good Enough Isn't Enough

Season 15 Episode 719

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 useful rubri…

3 days, 3 hours ago

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718 - No Worries if Not

Season 15 Episode 718

John and Craig circle back on all the euphemisms and stock phrases that float around Hollywood. Using some favorite examples, they attempt to define …

1 week, 3 days ago

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717 - The Screenwriting Life: The Craft Lessons That Matter Most

Season 15 Episode 717

In a Christmas crossover event, John and Craig join Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) and Lorien McKenna (Tab Time) on their podcast, The Screenwriting Life.

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2 weeks, 3 days ago

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716 - Personality Typologies

Season 15 Episode 716

John and Craig welcome back screenwriter Mike Makowsky (Death by Lightning, Bad Education) to ask, how do you dramatize a historical event that no on…

3 weeks, 3 days ago

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715 - The Book Launch, Live!

Season 15 Episode 715

John and Craig celebrate the release of the Scriptnotes Book with a sold-out show full of arguments, games and holiday cheer at Dynasty Typewriter in…

1 month ago

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714 - Three Page Challenge Live in Austin 2025

Season 15 Episode 714

John and Craig gather a congregation of writers in St. David's Episcopal Church for a live round of the Three Page Challenge. They look at three list…

1 month, 1 week ago

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713 - Your First Produced Film

Season 15 Episode 713

John welcomes Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan, the writing team behind KPop Demon Hunters, to chart their path from film school to first feature.

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1 month, 2 weeks ago

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712 - Something Wicked This Way Comes

Season 15 Episode 712

John and Craig welcome back Dana Fox (Wicked, The Lost City) for a magical flight through everything that went into adapting Wicked and its upcoming …

1 month, 3 weeks ago

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711 - The State of Pitching

Season 15 Episode 711

John welcomes back Aline Brosh McKenna (Crazy Ex-Girlfriend, The Devil Wears Prada) to ask, what do executives expect from a pitch these days? They l…

1 month, 4 weeks ago

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710 - What Happened To Weird?

Season 15 Episode 710

John and Craig look at all the pleasant, normal people around them and ask, what happened to the weirdos? They root out the causes of cultural stagna…

2 months ago

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