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John welcomes Danielle Sanchez-Witzel (Up Here, The Carmichael Show) to discuss the state of modern TV writing and answer crafty questions from our overflowing mailbag.

How do you structure a limited series? How do you take inspiration from an idea without ripping it off? And how do you know if your story really needs that sex scene?

In our bonus segment for premium members, we explore the tricky situation of having a co-worker who is nice but incompetent.

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Danielle Sanchez-Witzel on IMDb.
Up Here on Hulu.
Succession Podcast, S4E2 with Lucy Prebble and Laura Wasser from HBO.
Incompetent but Nice by Jacob Kaplan-Moss.
Glucose Goddess on Instagram.
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0:00.0	Hey, this is John.
0:01.4	I have a pre-correction to this episode of Budget Listen 2.
0:04.6	Later on, I refer to Jesse Alexander of Succession.
0:07.4	The quote is actually by Lucy Preble, another executive producer of Succession.
0:11.6	That's it.
0:12.6	That's my mistake.
0:13.6	Enjoy the episode.
0:14.6	Hello and welcome.
0:17.3	My name is John August and you're listening to Scripp notes, a podcast about screenwriting
0:20.8	and things that are interesting to screenwriters.
0:23.0	Today on the show, we answer listener questions on the craft and the business of writing from
0:27.7	our overflowing mailbag.
0:29.9	In our bonus segment from premium members, what do you do when a coworker is nice but
0:34.5	incompetent?
0:35.5	We'll discuss one of the trickiest workplace situations.
0:38.5	Craig is traveling this week, but luckily, we have someone extraordinarily qualified to
0:42.7	take his place.
0:43.7	Danielle Sanchez-Wetzel is a writer-producer whose many credits include, my name is Earl,
0:49.2	New Girl, The Carmichael Show.
0:51.4	Her latest show is up here, streaming now on Hulu.
0:54.5	Welcome Danielle.
0:55.5	Hi, thanks for having me, John.
	...

595 - Correctable Crises

Scriptnotes Podcast

John August

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