Scriptnotes Podcast

428 - Assistant Writers

John and Craig talk about best practices for assistants who write and how to properly credit support staff. We also touch on the state of WGA negotiations on both the studio and agency front, as well as a look ahead to the AMPTP deal. In our bonus segment, we’ll make our final ruling on cats. Links: Buy tickets for our <a href="https://www.wgfoundation.org/events/all/2019/12/12/the-scriptnotes-holiday-live-show">Live Show</a> Thursday, December 12th with Kevin Feige, Lorene Scafaria, Shoshannah Stern, and Josh Feldman! <a href="https://johnaugust.com/2019/professionalism-in-the-age-of-the-influencer"> Professionalism in the Age of the Influencer</a>, read the full text of John’s speech Watch the <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I5x_jDCftkg&amp;feature=youtu.be">Assistant Townhall</a> Learn more about <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EaXQ84Hn6_Y">Agency Affiliates</a> <a href="https://www.popularmechanics.com/science/green-tech/a29847655/heliogen-solar-heat-mirrors/"> Solar Mirror Breakthrough</a> <a href="http://www.unmuseum.org/burning_mirror.htm">Archimedes’ Mirror</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 Matthew Chilelli (<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_428_assistant_writers.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.