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- 🇬🇧GB · TV & Film#37100K to 300K
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741 – Craig Takes Questions
Jun 23, 2026
Unknown duration
740 - On Competence
Jun 16, 2026
Unknown duration
739 - The One with David E. Kelley
Jun 9, 2026
57m 15s
738 - Building Your Audience with Courtney Kemp
Jun 2, 2026
57m 35s
737 - Studio-Adjacent
May 26, 2026
1h 00m 10s
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| Date | Episode | Topics | Guests | Brands | Places | Keywords | Sponsor | Length | |
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| 6/23/26 | ![]() 741 – Craig Takes Questions | This week, Craig answers listener questions about rewriting on set, AI coverage, when and how to kill off characters, sizing up producers, and more. There's also an extra-special guest appearance for this week's One Cool Thing. In the bonus segment for premium subscribers, Craig discusses how to be wrong—something he feels he knows all too well. Links: "Widow's Bay" Games: Daddy's Home & Teeth "L.A. Law" Elevator Scene Ed Wood (1994) Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book! Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube Follow Scriptnotes on Instagram and TikTok John August on Bluesky and Instagram Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Meredith Stedman and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Our intern is Lauren Loesberg. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here. | — | ||||||
| 6/16/26 | ![]() 740 - On Competence | Why is it so satisfying to watch a highly-skilled character complete their goals? And why can it be equally hilarious to watch an incompetent character bumble through a slew of screw-ups? In this episode, John and Craig discuss how to play with competence in your characters. We also say goodbye to our producer Drew Marquardt with a thoroughly embarrassing exit interview, and reveal our new producer. However, it's not really goodbye, because Drew will be staying on to work with John on an upcoming project (TBA). In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Craig deliberate on the question: Should you quit LOUDLY? Links: * The attack on competence by Iris Meredith * Scott Tenorman Must Die (South Park – Season 5, Episode 4) * Bartosz Ciechanowski's Curves and Surfaces * Rhubarb Breakfast Dessert by Melissa Clark * Easiest Citrus Roasted Rhubarb by "Kate Cooks" * Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book! * Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! * Check out the Inneresting Newsletter * Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription * Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube * Follow Scriptnotes on Instagram and TikTok * John August on Bluesky and Instagram * Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!) * Scriptnotes is produced by Meredith Stedman and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Our intern is Lauren Loesberg. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here. | — | ||||||
| 6/9/26 | ![]() 739 - The One with David E. Kelley✨ | adapting books to TVwriting process+4 | David E. Kelley | Harvard Alcohol ProjectBig Little Lies+3 | — | David E. Kelleyadapting books+5 | — | 57m 15s | |
| 6/2/26 | ![]() 738 - Building Your Audience with Courtney Kemp✨ | audience buildingtelevision writing+4 | Courtney Kemp | The Hollywood ReporterAnkler Media+4 | — | audiencetelevision+5 | — | 57m 35s | |
| 5/26/26 | ![]() 737 - Studio-Adjacent✨ | independent financingindie movies+4 | Phil Hay | KOXY College RadioScriptnotes+7 | — | independent financingindie movies+5 | — | 1h 00m 10s | |
| 5/19/26 | ![]() 736 - The Devil You Know✨ | art and human laborAI in creative industries+4 | Aline Brosh McKenna | New York TimesFuturism+4 | — | The Devil Wears Prada 2Aline Brosh McKenna+3 | — | 1h 19m 16s | |
| 5/12/26 | ![]() 735 - The Flashforward Fallback✨ | flash-forward mechanicsnarrative structure+5 | — | ScriptnotesScriptnotes Premium+4 | — | flash-forwardnarrative debt+5 | — | 1h 03m 06s | |
| 5/5/26 | ![]() 734 - A Box Full of Teeth✨ | writing advicescreenwriting+3 | Katie Dippold | Publisher's WeeklyVariety+5 | — | writing advicescreenwriting+5 | — | 1h 01m 35s | |
| 4/28/26 | ![]() 733 - Learning Comedy✨ | comedy writingimprov+4 | Ali Barthwell | Last Week TonightThe Second City+4 | — | comedywriting+5 | — | 1h 01m 24s | |
| 4/21/26 | ![]() 732 - Something Very Bad is Going to Happen✨ | horrorshowrunning+4 | Haley Z. Boston | NetflixScriptnotes+4 | — | horror seriesshowrunner+5 | — | 45m 17s | |
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| 4/14/26 | ![]() 731 - Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests✨ | character motivationpsychological underpinnings+5 | — | WGA WestIndigo Girls+1 | — | character motivationavoidance+5 | — | 52m 12s | |
| 4/10/26 | ![]() SC39 - Sidecast: The 2026 MBA✨ | WGAAMPTP+4 | — | WGAAMPTP+1 | — | WGAAMPTP+5 | — | 17m 53s | |
| 4/7/26 | ![]() 89 - Writing effective transitions (Encore)✨ | transitionsscreenwriting+4 | — | G.I. JoeDeadline+3 | — | transitionsscreenwriting+5 | — | 58m 40s | |
| 3/31/26 | ![]() 730 - A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting✨ | screenwriting careerwriting habits+4 | — | Northwest Screenwriters GuildSex Lies and Videotape+1 | — | screenwritingcareer+5 | — | 49m 13s | |
| 3/24/26 | ![]() 729 - Endings Compendium, Part II✨ | endingsstorytelling+4 | — | ScriptnotesScriptnotes Premium+12 | — | endingsstory structure+5 | — | 1h 04m 23s | |
| 3/17/26 | ![]() 728 - Beats to Scenes with Drew Goddard✨ | screenwritingstory adaptation+3 | Drew Goddard | ScriptnotesProject Hail Mary+2 | — | screenplaybeat sheet+3 | — | 58m 50s | |
| 3/10/26 | ![]() 197 - How do bad movies get made? (Encore)✨ | bad moviesfilm production+4 | — | Highland ProScriptnotes+4 | — | bad moviesfilm+5 | — | 1h 05m 22s | |
| 3/3/26 | ![]() 727 - Free Work✨ | free workwriting strategies+3 | — | BirdigoDisney+4 | — | free workwriting+5 | — | 56m 39s | |
| 2/24/26 | ![]() 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 is nominated for an Oscar? They look at each step from their initial idea to awards season to see how they positioned their short to be considered for an Academy Award. We also reflect on the lessons learned from short films, and answer listener questions on how to give actors your script and finding representation after your Oscar heat has cooled. In our bonus segment for premium members, we turn up the contrast on the many reasons for shooting in black and white. Links: Two People Exchanging Saliva Taika Waititi's Two Cars One Night Andrea Arnold's Wasp Martin McDonagh's Six Shooter Damien Chazelle's Whiplash short film Jim Cummings' Thunder Road short film David F. Sandberg's Lights Out short Troy by Mike Donahue The New York Public Library's Picture Collection ReMarkable tablet Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book! Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube Scriptnotes on Instagram and TikTok John August on Bluesky and Instagram Outro by Nick Moore (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Our Director of Photography is Jonathan Pope. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here. | — | ||||||
| 2/17/26 | ![]() 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 delivering menstrual supplies in Minneapolis, a millennial travel group, how the US hacked ISIS, and a fake college squash team. But first we follow up on modern comps, email issues, teaching screenwriting, and what it means to be undeniable. We also answer listener questions on querying reps with a published book and whether writers really need to repeat the plot for a second-screen audience. In our bonus segment for premium members, what do we do with all our old CDs and DVDs? We weigh the pros and cons of physical media. Links: How an errand for a 12-year-old immigrant in Minneapolis became an underground operation by Jasmine Garsd and Sarah Ventre for NPR I Went on a Package Trip for Millennials Who Travel Alone. Help Me. by Caity Weaver for The New York Times How the US hacked ISIS by Dina Temple-Raston for NPR Whitman College: The Best College Squash Team in History by James Zug for Squash Magazine Shipping Out by David Foster Wallace Email deliverability tester Disempowerment patterns in real-world AI usage by Cornell University and Anthropic The world's greatest song that simply shouldn't exist Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book! Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt! Check out the Inneresting Newsletter Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube Scriptnotes on Instagram and TikTok John August on Bluesky and Instagram Outro by Gloom Canyon (send us yours!) Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli. Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode here. | — | ||||||
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Chart Positions
39 placements across 39 markets.
Chart Positions
39 placements across 39 markets.

