John and Craig delve into the business of screenwriting from money to managers to medical plans.
We answer listener questions about collecting unemployment, registering as a corporation, firing a rep, quitting your day job and handling the anxiety that comes with such an uncertain career path.
Links:
- Alto’s Odyssey
- An ambiguously threatening advertisement for British pork from 1984
- Champions on NBC, created by Charlie Grandy and Mindy Kaling, directed by Michael Spiller
- The Scriptnotes Listeners’ Guide!
- The USB drives!
- John August on Twitter
- Craig Mazin on Twitter
- John on Instagram
- Find past episodes
- Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.
UPDATE 3-27-18: The transcript of this episode can be found here.