Scriptnotes Podcast

394 - Broken but Sympathetic

John and Craig welcome back Can You Ever Forgive Me? director Marielle Heller to discuss the challenge of creating a hero the audience can root for while also establishing that the character must change. We also answer questions from listeners about conflicting notes, meet-and-greets, and true-life stories. <a href="https://johnaugust.com/2019/explaining-conflict-of-interest">WGA Video Explaining ATA Negotiations</a> <a href="http://www.foxsearchlight.com/canyoueverforgiveme/">Can You Ever Forgive Me?</a> <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt3224458/">A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood</a> <a href="https://johnaugust.com/2017/diary-of-a-first-time-director-2">Scriptnotes 212, Diary of a First Time Director</a> with Mari Heller <a href="https://www.schlage.com/en/home/products/BE469NXCENFFF.html">Schlage Locks</a> <a href="https://crosswordtournament.com/index.htm">American Crossword Password Tournament Online</a>–let us know if you unseat Craig! <a href="https://constitutionbroadway.com/">What the Constitution Means to Me</a> by Heidi Schreck We’re hiring a coder! If you’re interested please send an email to assistant@johnaugust.com Submit entries for The Scriptnotes Pitch Session <a href="https://johnaugust.com/pitch">here</a>. <a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">John August</a> on Twitter <a href="https://twitter.com/clmazin">Craig Mazin</a> on Twitter <a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">John on Instagram</a> <a href="http://scriptnotes.net/">Find past episodes</a> <a href="https://store.johnaugust.com/">Scriptnotes Digital Seasons</a> are also now available! <a href="http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by James Llonch and Jim Bond (<a href="http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>) Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href="http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_394.mp3">here</a>.

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.