Dec 30, 2025
John and Craig circle back on all the euphemisms and stock phrases that float around Hollywood. Using some favorite examples, they attempt to define and demystify the current industry-speak so everyone is looped in when we come up for air after the holidays.
We also wrap-up 2025 with a look at Scriptnotes by the...
Dec 23, 2025
In a Christmas crossover event, John and Craig join Meg LeFauve (Inside Out) and Lorien McKenna (Tab Time) on their podcast, The Screenwriting Life.
We talk about why rigid structure can miss the point, how theme emerges from character, what fear and denial really look like on the page, and how writers can survive...
Dec 16, 2025
John and Craig welcome back screenwriter Mike Makowsky (Death by
Lightning, Bad Education) to ask, how do you dramatize a historical
event that no one’s heard of? They look at the dramatic engine
behind the Garfield assassination, the long journey Death by
Lightning had to getting made, and the importance of finding...
Dec 9, 2025
John and Craig celebrate the release of the Scriptnotes Book with a sold-out show full of arguments, games and holiday cheer at Dynasty Typewriter in LA.
Slate’s Julia Turner returns to interview John and Craig about the fifteen year journey towards creating the book, and challenges Craig’s dismissal of critics. We...
Dec 2, 2025
John and Craig gather a congregation of writers in St. David’s Episcopal Church for a live round of the Three Page Challenge. They look at three listener-submitted scripts to offer them their honest feedback, face-to-face.
They offer suggestions on world building in the apocalypse, making military characters specific,...