755 - Directing Your Writing
2026-10-06 · 88 min · episode 755 · 6 entities
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What changes when you take off your writer hat and put on your director hat? In this compendium episode, John, Craig, and Scriptnotes coordinator Lauren Loesberg review directing advice previously given on the podcast.
John and Craig offer Lauren pointers on directing her next project. They also answer a listener question about directing actors "on the page."
In our bonus segment for premium subscribers, we discuss film festivals. Why would writers go? And what can you expect to get out of the experience?
Links:
Three Page Challenge
Fruit Fly by Josh Silver
Mailbox Toluca Lake
Forgotten Realms: Heroes of Faerûn
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Outro by Nick Moore ( send us yours! )
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