Scriptnotes
A Book About Screenwriting and Things That Are Interesting to Screenwriters
$53.64
- Hardcover
352 pages
- Release Date
2 December 2025
Summary
NATIONAL BESTSELLER • The ultimate guide to writing a great screenplay and building a screenwriting career, from the creators of the hit podcast Scriptnotes—featuring contributions from film and TV legends Christopher Nolan, Greta Gerwig, Michael Schur, Rian Johnson, Aline Brosh McKenna, Ashley Nicole Black, Seth Rogen, and many more.
With decades of Hollywood experience, John August and Craig Mazin know what it takes to write a successful script for the scre…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780593728062 |
|---|---|
| ISBN-10: | 0593728068 |
| Author: | John August, Craig Mazin |
| Publisher: | Random House USA Inc |
| Imprint: | Crown Publishing Group, Division of Random House Inc |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 352 |
| Release Date: | 2 December 2025 |
| Weight: | 601g |
| Dimensions: | 29mm x 191mm x 240mm |
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Critics Review
“[Scriptnotes] shatters some long-standing clichéd rules … [and] stands out for its wealth of real-life examples taken from cinema and TV over the past decades, its humanizing tone, and its winning combination of the practical with the entertaining.”—Library Journal
John August
John August is considered a “screenwriting guru” by Slate and has written screenplays for Charlie’s Angels, Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Frankenweenie, Aladdin, and more. He is a voting member of the Academy and a former member of the WGA Board of Directors.
Craig Mazin is the Emmy-winning creator and showrunner for the acclaimed HBO shows Chernobyl and The Last of Us. His feature credits include The Hangover Part II and III and Identity Thief. Craig is a former member of the WGA Board of Directors.
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