A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting

About this episode

John discusses the evolution of his screenwriting career and answers questions from the audience.

John sits down with the Northwest Screenwriters Guild at an event to promote the Scriptnotes book, and ends up having a poignant conversation about how the career of screenwriting has changed, missteps John made throughout his career, and how his approach to screenwriting has evolved over time. He also answers questions on kicking bad writing […]

People in this episode

Host: John

Topics covered

• screenwriting
• career evolution
• writing missteps
• screenwriter community
• Q&A

Keywords

• screenwriting
• career
• missteps
• evolution
• writing
• Q&A

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Northwest Screenwriters Guild

Books & works: Scriptnotes book

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