Talking to actors

John and Craig discuss the difference between character intention and motivation, before segueing to conversations about working with actors and on-set writing. We’ve released a new (and final) batch of seats for the live New York show on September 23rd, so grab your tickets now for a chance to see Craig and John sing on stage with special guest Andrew Lippa. In other live-show news: we’re headed back to Austin! There will be two separate Scriptnotes panels at this year’s festival. Stay tuned for more details. Links: Shofars on Wikipedia Submit your Three Pages now and let us know you’ll be at the 2013 Austin Film Festival The William Shatner recording session Brother HL2230 Laser Printer on Amazon John and Dan Jinks on KCRW’s The Business Writerduet.com lets you collaborate in real-time Outro by Scriptnotes listener Kurt Kuenne You can download the episode here: AAC | mp3. UPDATE 9-12-13: The transcript of this episode can be found here. The post Talking to actors first appeared on John August.