John and Craig welcome screenwriter Katie Silberman (Set It Up, Isn’t It Romantic and Booksmart) to discuss writing a two-hander, practicing dialogue, and how she got her start in Hollywood.
We also follow up on ‘liked, not love’ and answer listener questions on character development.
Links:
* We’re hosting a panel on Addiction & Mental Health organized by Hollywood, Health & Society Wed, July 31, 2019, 6:30 PM – 9:30 PM PDT. Watch the [Facebook livestream](https://www.facebook.com/events/801699256892361/) starting at 7:15pm PDT.
* [WGA West Unveils Officer Board Candidates](https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/wga-west-unveils-officer-board-candidates-1226520)
* Wednesday, Aug. 28 Candidates Night at the Writers Guild Theater
* [Member meetings](https://my.wga.org) August 7th, 8th and 10th
* [Booksmart Reunion Olivia Wilde Katie Silberman New Project Universal Pictures](https://www.indiewire.com/2019/07/booksmart-reunion-olivia-wilde-katie-silberman-new-project-universal-pictures-1202159802/)
* [The Alamo Drafthouse Downtown LA](https://drafthouse.com/los-angeles)
* [Lupetti Pizzeria](https://www.lupettipizzeria.com/) and [In Sheep’s Clothing Hi-Fi Record Bar and Cafew](https://www.insheepsclothinghifi.com/)
* [Katie Silberman](https://twitter.com/katiesilberman) on Twitter
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Mackey Landy ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_411_setting_it_up_with_katie_silberman.mp3).
**UPDATE 8-10-19** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-411-setting-it-up-with-katie-silberman-transcript).