Hello and welcome. My name is John August.

Well, my name is Craig Mason.

You listen to episode 665 of script notes, a podcast about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters.

Today on the show, we often talk about characters needing agency, but what does that look like on the page?

We'll explore agency on the scene level and in the script overall.

Then it's listener questions on sign language, screenwriting while blind, and credits when

something is written for television, but then goes theatrical. And in our bonus segment for

premium members, Disneyland. Craig, I just went to Disneyland for the first time in many, many

years. I want to talk about Disneyland and our experience of theme parks as folks who create entertainment for those giant corporations. My wife loves Disneyland.

Yeah, but I'm guessing you don't so much. I'm not against it. I'm not against me either. I'm like

Disney World, but it's so far away and I'm never going to Florida again. So I guess I should

probably get back into Disneyland.

So Mike and I are not Disney adults,

but we went as adults on Election Day to avoid all the anxiety of election day.

How'd that work out?

It was actually a very good distraction for the period of time that we were at Disneyland.

And then we did not open up any social media on the phone.

Brilliant.

And then we did not open up any social media on the phone. Brilliant. And then we got home.

And eventually we had to sort of break the seal and the bottom fell out of the world.

So maybe we'll start with that.

So remember back in 2016, we actually did a bonus episode of script notes the day after the election saying the title of it was, everything will be okay.

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