Have had a somewhat rough start to 2026, with a dose of shingles on the scalp - not wholly rid of it yet but getting there - hoping to get back to my screenplay before the week is out - in the meantime I did finish John August and Craig Mazin's distillation of their podcasts in hardback book form and can highly recommend it - here's a review:
https://medium.com/@achuka/scriptnotes-a-book-about-screenwriting-and-th...
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Hi, Michael Thorn. Sorry to hear about the shingles. Hope it goes away soon! Thanks for sharing the review! I've listened to the Scriptnotes podcast. I plan on getting the book.
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I’m about halfway through Scriptnotes. A lot of info I already know, but enough gems of advice to jot down as notes! Well laid out, fast chapters. The interview sections are fun and bring in other points of view.
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As to why the cover features a typewriter, not a computer? Well, it’s the logo for their podcast.
(I suppose we could ask why the typewriter represents the podcast. Symbolic and iconic, I suppose.)