248 - 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.