John and Craig explore quiet scenes of reflection and why these calm moments between big set pieces are so meaningful to characters and viewers.

We also help a writer figure out how to pitch to his agent and answer listener questions.

Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members, we talk about dogs.

Links:

• YALL Write John’s panel is on Friday, November 13th at 3pm ET/12pm PT
• Drew Champion and Archibald’s Next Big Thing
• Money: The True Story of a Made-Up Thing by Jacob Goldstein
• The Origin of Capitalism: A Longer View by Ellen Meiksins Wood
• Debt – The First 5,000 years by David Graeber
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• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Outro by Peter Hoopes (send us yours!)
• Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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