The Third Season John welcomes Meredith Scardino (Girls5eva) and Jen Statsky (Hacks) to discuss the highs and lows of writing the third season of a hit comedy. But how do you push a series forward without violating the premise or retreading familiar terrain? Are the shows still the shows they pitched? How has streaming changed since their shows […]
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Scriptnotes, Episode 639: Intrinsic Motivation, Transcript The oringinal post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hello and welcome. My name is John August. Craig Mazin: My name is Craig Mazin. John: And this is Episode 639 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. Today on the show, why are you or your […]
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Scriptnotes, Episode 640: Can You Believe It?, Transcript The original post for this episode can be found here. John August: Hey, this is John. Heads up that today’s episode has just a little bit of swearing in it. Hello and welcome. My name is John August, and this is Episode 640 of Scriptnotes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to […]
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