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The Book Launch, Live!

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December 9, 2025 Scriptnotes

John and Craig celebrate the release of the Scriptnotes Book with a sold-out show full of arguments, games and holiday cheer at Dynasty Typewriter in LA.

Slate’s Julia Turner returns to interview John and Craig about the fifteen year journey towards creating the book, and challenges Craig’s dismissal of critics. We also welcome back Ashley Nicole Black (Shrinking, Ted Lasso) to help us get through a fridgeful of leftover questions, and invite three lucky audience members to play our new game: “Somewhat strange lines from Christmas movies.”

In our bonus segment for premium members, we invite our audience to ask us questions in a live Q&A.

Links:

  • Get your copy of the Scriptnotes book!
  • Julia Turner
  • Ashley Nicole Black on Instagram
  • Arlo Finch series
  • Slate Culture Gabfest
  • Episode 516 – 10 Year Anniversary
  • Dynasty Typewriter
  • Bad Monkey
  • The Tom Cruise coconut cake from Doan’s Bakery
  • Letters to Santa
  • @simonsits on Instagram
  • Day of the Tentacle
  • Chevalier’s Books
  • Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!
  • Check out the Inneresting Newsletter
  • Become a Scriptnotes Premium member, or gift a subscription (now with fewer emails!)
  • Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube
  • Scriptnotes on Instagram
  • John August on Bluesky and Instagram
  • Outro by Mathew Chilelli (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

(2:18) Scriptnotes: A Book About Screenwriting and Things That Are Interesting to Screenwriters (Unabridged)

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