John sits down with the Northwest Screenwriters Guild at an event to promote the Scriptnotes book, and ends up having a poignant conversation about how the career of screenwriting has changed, missteps John made throughout his career, and how his approach to screenwriting has evolved over time. He also answers questions on kicking bad writing habits, screenwriting careers outside of Hollywood, what to look for in the projects you choose, whether age matters in a screenwriting career, writing your calling card movie, the sidekick problem, and the real story behind the Prince of Persia movie. In our bonus segment for premium members, John has been hanging out with sketch writers for the last few weeks and is excited to share what he's learned about writing sketch comedy. Links: <ul> <li><a href= "https://www.northwestscreenwritersguild.com/">Northwest Screenwriters Guild</a></li> <li>Steven Soderbergh's <a href= "https://www.amazon.com/Sex-Lies-Videotape-Movie-Screenplay/dp/0060965266">Sex Lies and Videotape book</a></li> <li><a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2025/your-first-produced-film">Our episode with KPop Demon Hunters writers Danya Jimenez & Hannah McMechan</a></li> <li><a href= "https://youtu.be/2HZisUeazwY?si=yrT1LGzN3yR5aRgj">Notes on Notes</a></li> <li><a href="https://johnaugust.com/library">John's screenplay library</a></li> <li>Dennis Palumbo episodes, <a href= "https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SWEnxU24H2k">99 – Psychotherapy for screenwriters</a> and <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/2025/writing-while-the-world-is-on-fire">676 – Writing while the World is on Fire</a></li> <li><a href="https://lamaterial.com/">LA Material</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotesbook.com/">Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book!</a></li> <li><a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast">Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/">Check out the Inneresting Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/">Become a Scriptnotes Premium member</a>, or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts">gift a subscription</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ScriptnotesPodcast">Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube</a></li> <li>Scriptnotes on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/scriptnotespodcast/">Instagram</a> and <a href="https://www.tiktok.com/@scriptnotespod">TikTok</a></li> <li>John August on <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/johnaugust.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Nick Moore (<a href="http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>)</li> <li>Scriptnotes is produced by <a href= "https://www.drewmarquardt.com/">Drew Marquardt</a> and edited by <a href="https://www.matthewchilelli.com/">Matthew Chilelli</a>.</li> </ul> Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/730standard.mp3">here</a>.

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