Pitching an Open Writing Assignment

John and Craig discuss open writing assignments, and how to best pitch to producers and studios looking to hire a writer for a specific property. Most of the work happens before you set foot in the room, so proper planning is essential. Then we take a look at the controversy over white actors playing roles that could have gone to Asian actors, and how screenwriters can (and can’t) improve the situation. Links: Scriptnotes, 247: The One with Lawrence Kasdan Scriptnotes Bonus: Jungle Book Q+A, with screenwriter Justin Marks The Making of The Jungle Book on YouTube Being An Asian Actor Is Hard Even Without Scarlett Johansson Taking Your Roles Students Invented Gloves That Can Translate Sign Language Into Speech And Text Hands In Wheat on Twitter, and Women laughing alone with salad, Women struggling to drink water, and Baby CMO Outro by Jonathan Mann (send us yours!) You can download the episode here. UPDATE 5-6-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.The post Pitching an Open Writing Assignment first appeared on John August.