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Scriptnotes Podcast

Scriptnotes Podcast

48 episodes · 6 with AI analysis

Screenwriters John August and Craig Mazin discuss screenwriting and related topics in the film and television industry, everything from getting stuff written to the vagaries of copyright and work-for-hire law.

AI Intelligence · across all analyzed episodes

People · top 20

Companies · top 20

Topics · top 10

WGA contract negotiations×2Script development process×2Character motivation and avoidanceAnti-quest storytelling techniquesFear vs love as primary motivationsWriting partnership dynamicsRomantic relationships in creative collaborationResiduals and estate planning for writersScript formatting and page lockingCryptic crossword puzzles

Analyzed Episodes

Apr 14, 2026

731 - Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests

Character motivation and avoidanceAnti-quest storytelling techniquesFear vs love as primary motivations

Mar 17, 2026

728 - Beats to Scenes with Drew Goddard

Screenwriting craft and techniqueStory beats vs scenesTV writers' room dynamics

Feb 10, 2026

724 - Introductions with Joachim Trier

Screenwriting collaboration techniquesCharacter introduction strategiesOpening sequence construction

Jan 13, 2026

720 - Watch Your Tone

Television development processSpy genre storytellingWriters' room management

Jan 27, 2026

722 - Orality, or Writing to be Spoken

Orality in screenwritingPost-production schedulingWGA contract negotiations

Feb 3, 2026

723 - Blank Meets Blank

Hollywood pitching strategiesComparison films (comps) in developmentAI feedback for creative writing