Craig and John tackle a bunch of listener questions, along with follow-up on previous discussions.

Are road trip movies just a series of coincidences? How do you start the second draft? Should you mention screenwriting awards in a query?

Plus: a Redditor insists there is a secret password you have to write within a script for it to be purchased. After 311 episodes, the time has come. We reveal that magic word.

Links:

• ‘Chernobyl’ Miniseries Set By HBO & Sky
• Carolyn Strauss on Scriptnotes, 127
• Big Fish The Musical starring Kelsey Grammer is on its way to London
• Scriptnotes, 310: What’s in the WGA Deal
• Scriptnotes, 309: Logic and Gimmickry
• A Reddit user asks: Is there a secret password for success?
• Every Three Hours on YouTube
• Mouth Time with Reductress on iTunes
• The House of Da Vinci
• 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!)

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