John and Craig discuss the difference between character intention and motivation, before segueing to conversations about working with actors and on-set writing.
We’ve released a new (and final) batch of seats for the live New York show on September 23rd, so [grab your tickets now](https://www.telecharge.com/Off-Broadway/Scriptnotes-Live-with-John-August/Overview?AID=OBW000996000&cm_mmc=Scriptnotes-Live-_-affiliate-_-web-_-OBW000996000&cm_mmca1=show_site&cm_mmca2=ADSTSR&cm_mmca3=130828) for a chance to see Craig and John sing on stage with special guest Andrew Lippa.
In other live-show news: we’re headed back to Austin! There will be two separate Scriptnotes panels at this year’s festival. Stay tuned for more details.
Links:
* [Shofars](http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Shofar) on Wikipedia
* [Submit your Three Pages now](http://johnaugust.com/threepage) and let us know you’ll be at the [2013 Austin Film Festival](http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/)
* [The William Shatner recording session](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EfDHIqmUUMs)
* [Brother HL2230 Laser Printer](http://www.amazon.com/dp/B004H1PB9I/?tag=johnaugustcom-20) on Amazon
* John and Dan Jinks on [KCRW’s The Business](http://www.kcrw.com/etc/programs/tb/tb130909john_august_and_dan_)
* [Writerduet.com](https://writerduet.com/) lets you collaborate in real-time
* Outro by Scriptnotes listener Kurt Kuenne
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_107.m4a) | [mp3](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_107.mp3).
**UPDATE** 9-12-13: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-ep-107-talking-to-actors-transcript).