Sep 19, 2017
John and Craig welcome back Aline Brosh McKenna to talk about writing projects outside the familiar constraints of screenwriting.
We discuss the surprises and adjustments involved in the creative processes of different media: Aline’s graphic novel Jane, Craig’s HBO miniseries Chernobyl, and John’s original song, “Rise.” We also dig into why screenwriters sometimes need to be amateurs again.
Then we answer listener questions about making fair deals as someone in a different country, and how best to read one’s script before rewriting.
Links:
* Submit to the
Three Page Challenge and check the box if you’ll be in Austin for
the Austin Film Festival
* The new
season of
Crazy Ex Girlfriend premieres Friday October 13th
* John Gatins’ IMDb
* Order Aline Brosh McKenna’s new graphic novel, Jane
* Ramón K. Pérez’s website,
twitter and graphic
novel, Jim Henson’s Tale of Sand
* “Rise” composer Sam Davis’ website
* The
Original Melody, John’s
Snap Track, and the demo track
with vocalist Curt Hansen for
“Rise”
* Or you can check out this post for more details about
“Rise”
* Mark
Halpin Puzzles
* Insecure
on HBO
* Out on
the Wire by Jessica Abel
* The Scriptnotes Listeners’
Guide!
*
The USB drives!
* John August on
Twitter
* Craig Mazin on
Twitter
* Aline Brosh
McKenna on Twitter
* John on
Instagram
* Find past episodes
* Outro by
John August (lyrics) and Sam Davis (music) (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.