<description>&lt;p&gt;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.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;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 also welcome back Ashley Nicole Black (Shrinking, Ted Lasso) to help us get through a fridgeful of leftover questions, and invite three lucky audience members to play our new game: "Somewhat strange lines from Christmas movies."&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;In our bonus segment for premium members, we invite our audience to ask us questions in a live Q&amp;A.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;Links:&lt;/p&gt; &lt;ul&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://scriptnotesbook.com/"&gt;Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Julia_Turner_(journalist)"&gt;Julia Turner&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Ashley Nicole Black on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/ashnb1/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://us.macmillan.com/series/arlofinch"&gt;Arlo Finch series&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://slate.com/podcasts/culture-gabfest"&gt;Slate Culture Gabfest&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://johnaugust.com/2021/10th-anniversary"&gt;Episode 516 – 10 Year Anniversary&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.dynastytypewriter.com/"&gt;Dynasty Typewriter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://tv.apple.com/us/show/bad-monkey/umc.cmc.2qoep59s6qukjonprttysfs8x"&gt; Bad Monkey&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.goldbelly.com/restaurants/doans-bakery/white-chocolate-coconut-bundt-cake?ref=search&amp;search_id=80036909"&gt; The Tom Cruise coconut cake&lt;/a&gt; from &lt;a href= "https://www.doansbakery.com/"&gt;Doan's Bakery&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.letterscharity.org/letterstosanta"&gt;Letters to Santa&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/simonsits/"&gt;@simonsits&lt;/a&gt; on Instagram&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://store.steampowered.com/app/388210/Day_of_the_Tentacle_Remastered/"&gt; Day of the Tentacle&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://chevaliersbooks.com/"&gt;Chevalier's Books&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast"&gt;Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/"&gt;Check out the Inneresting Newsletter&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/"&gt;Become a Scriptnotes Premium member&lt;/a&gt;, or &lt;a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts"&gt;gift a subscription&lt;/a&gt; (now with fewer emails!)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ScriptnotesPodcast"&gt;Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Scriptnotes on &lt;a href= "https://www.instagram.com/clmazin/"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;John August on &lt;a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/johnaugust.bsky.social"&gt;Bluesky&lt;/a&gt; and &lt;a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en"&gt;Instagram&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;&lt;a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros"&gt;Outro&lt;/a&gt; by Mathew Chilelli (&lt;a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed"&gt;send us yours!&lt;/a&gt;)&lt;/li&gt; &lt;li&gt;Scriptnotes is produced by &lt;a href= "https://www.drewmarquardt.com/"&gt;Drew Marquardt&lt;/a&gt; and edited by &lt;a href="https://www.matthewchilelli.com/"&gt;Matthew Chilelli&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/li&gt; &lt;/ul&gt; &lt;p&gt;Email us at ask@johnaugust.com&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;You can download the episode &lt;a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/715standard.mp3"&gt;here&lt;/a&gt;.&lt;/p&gt; &lt;p&gt;(2:18) &lt;a href= "https://books.apple.com/us/audiobook/scriptnotes-a-book-about-screenwriting-and-things/id1779645741"&gt;Scriptnotes: A Book About Screenwriting and Things That Are Interesting to Screenwriters (Unabridged)&lt;/a&gt;&lt;/p&gt;</description>

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August and Craig Mazin

715 - The Book Launch, Live!

DEC 9, 202568 MIN
Scriptnotes Podcast

715 - The Book Launch, Live!

DEC 9, 202568 MIN

Description

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 also welcome back Ashley Nicole Black (Shrinking, Ted Lasso) to help us get through a fridgeful of leftover questions, and invite three lucky audience members to play our new game: "Somewhat strange lines from Christmas movies."

In our bonus segment for premium members, we invite our audience to ask us questions in a live Q&A.

Links:

Email us at [email protected]

You can download the episode here.

(2:18) Scriptnotes: A Book About Screenwriting and Things That Are Interesting to Screenwriters (Unabridged)