John welcomes back Aline Brosh McKenna to look at how both you and your characters can become more “agentic.” What are the traps and pitfalls of going after what you want? How do you get people to engage with your protagonist, especially when the protagonist is yourself? Then it’s another round of How Would This be a Movie? We look at stories about a harm-reduction hotline, countertop cancer, loyalty testers and a mathematician who exploited the lottery. In our bonus segment for premium members, John and Aline talk about their strange new reality of being empty nesters. Links: <ul> <li><a href= "https://usefulfictions.substack.com/p/how-to-be-more-agentic">How to be More Agentic</a> by Cate Hall</li> <li><a href="https://www.neelnanda.io/blog/44-agency">What’s Stopping You?</a> by Neel Nanda</li> <li><a href= "https://www.lesswrong.com/posts/Tnpp3cyEHMGthjGAf/seven-ways-to-become-unstoppably-agentic"> Seven ways to become unstoppably agentic</a> by Evie Cottrell</li> <li><a href= "https://forum.effectivealtruism.org/posts/acyfmFTN3cNgwnYw6/agency-needs-nuance"> “Agency” needs nuance</a> by Evie Cottrell</li> <li><a href= "https://slate.com/human-interest/2023/09/overdose-drugs-fentanyl-opioid-never-use-alone.html"> The Woman on the Line</a> by Aymann Ismail and Mary Harris for Slate</li> <li><a href= "https://www.latimes.com/california/story/2023-09-24/silicosis-countertop-workers-engineered-stone"> California workers who cut countertops are dying of an incurable disease</a> by Emily Alpert Reyes and Cindy Carcamo for the LA Times</li> <li><a href= "https://www.nytimes.com/2023/08/28/style/loyalty-test-infidelity-cheating.html?smid=nytcore-ios-share&referringSource=articleShare"> Would Your Partner Cheat? These ‘Testers’ Will Give You an Answer</a> by Gina Cherelus for the New York Times</li> <li><a href= "https://thehustle.co/the-man-who-won-the-lottery-14-times/">The man who won the lottery 14 times</a> by Zachary Crockett for The Hustle</li> <li><a href="https://www.musely.com/">Musely</a></li> <li><a href= "https://www.experimental-history.com/p/so-you-wanna-de-bog-yourself?publication_id=656797&post_id=140270094&isFreemail=true&r=3dw6x"> So you wanna de-bog yourself</a> by Adam Mastroianni</li> <li><a href= "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aline_Brosh_McKenna">Aline Brosh McKenna</a></li> <li><a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast">Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!</a></li> <li><a href="https://inneresting.substack.com/">Check out the Inneresting Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts">Gift a Scriptnotes Subscription</a> or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/">treat yourself to a premium subscription!</a></li> <li>Craig Mazin on <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@clmazin">Threads</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/clmazin/">Instagram</a></li> <li>John August on <a href= "https://www.threads.net/@johnaugust">Threads</a>, <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://twitter.com/johnaugust">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://mastodon.art/@johnaugust">John on Mastodon</a></li> <li><a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Larry Douziech (<a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>)</li> <li>Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by <a href="https://twitter.com/machelli">Matthew Chilelli</a>.</li> </ul> Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/627standard.mp3">here</a>.

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627 - Unbelievably Agentic

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