John and Craig welcome back Aline Brosh McKenna to talk about what she learned producing four seasons of Crazy Ex-Girlfriend. Aline shares the importance of trusting your gut, building school spirit, and empowering the voices around you.

We’ll also talk about Emma Thompson, agency-affiliated producers, and more.

Links:

• Emma Thompson’s open letter to Skydance.
• Episode 175 Transcript
• A Very English Scandal
• Birdcage 2
• Instagram #jackwawa
• New Highland 2 videos and tutorials
• We’re hiring a coder! If you’re interested please send an email to [email protected]
• You can now order Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon
• Submit entries for The Scriptnotes Pitch Session here.
• T-shirts are available here! We’ve got new designs, including Colored Revisions, Karateka, and Highland2.
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• Aline Brosh McKennaon Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Find past episodes
• Scriptnotes Digital Seasons are also now available!
• Outro by Victor Krause (send us yours!)