Scriptnotes Podcast

416 - Fantasy Worldbuilding

John and Craig welcome Alison Luhrs, a senior narrative designer at Wizards of the Coast to talk about fantasy world-building as a profession. It is a great conversation about what is probably a lot of listeners’ dream job. We also follow up on the WGA elections, John’s decision to cast a blind actress, and the universality of ice-cream truck wars. Links: <a href="https://johnaugust.com/johnaugust.com/casting">The Shadows Casting Call</a> John is looking for a 15-year-old blind actress for the lead role — please help by sharing this link with anyone who might be a good fit! <a href="https://www.respectability.org/hollywood-inclusion/">The Hollywood Disability Inclusion Toolkit: The RespectAbility Guide to Inclusion in the Entertainment Industry</a> <a href="https://johnaugust.com/2017/big-screens-big-money">Scriptnotes, Ep 315: Big Screens, Big Money</a> <a href="https://store.nanowrimo.org/products/d5ce724ee44c89b2d2240da73f117eebf329e3364f629f8f-23"> NaNoWriMo classroom kit</a> <a href="https://m.imdb.com/title/tt0087072/">Comfort and Joy</a> <a href="https://www.99problemsfilm.com/">99 Problems</a> by Ross Killeen <a href="https://www.imdb.com/title/tt8430900/">The Black Mambas documentary</a> <a href="https://company.wizards.com/">Wizards of the Coast</a> <a href="https://twinery.org/">Twine</a> <a href="https://amzn.to/2Z4gpLg">Because Internet: Understanding the New Rules of Language</a> by Gretchen McCulloch <a href="https://twitter.com/alisontheperson?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor"> Alison Luhrs</a> on Twitter or <a href="https://twitter.com/alisonthewizard?lang=en">here for game related questions</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://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Rajesh Naroth (<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_416_fantasy_worldbuilding.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.