John welcomes Alison McDonald (Russian Doll, #BlackAF) and Ryan Knighton (In the Dark, Billions) to reveal the fundamentals and unspoken rules of working in a TV writers room.
How did they get the job? How much should new writers talk? What should you wear? How much money do you make? And what’s for lunch?
Our bonus segment is for everyone this week! John invites Ryan Knighton back to talk about travel writing and the mixed blessings of tourism.
Links:
* The original [Episode 368: Advice for a New Staff Writer](https://johnaugust.com/2018/advice-for-a-new-staff-writer)
* [Alison McDonald](http://www.alimcd.com/) on [IMDb](https://www.imdb.com/name/nm1037485/)
* [Ryan Knighton](https://twitter.com/ryanknighton) on Twitter
* [The Case Against Travel](https://www.newyorker.com/culture/the-weekend-essay/the-case-against-travel) by Agnes Callard for The New Yorker
* [‘Designing Women’ Creator Goes Public With Les Moonves War: Not All Harassment Is Sexual](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/designing-women-creator-les-moonves-not-all-harassment-is-sexual-1142448), a guest column by Linda Bloodworth Thomason for the Hollywood Reporter
* [Succession](https://www.hbo.com/succession) on HBO
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The original transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2018/scriptnotes-ep-368-advice-for-a-new-staff-writer-transcript).