Live from the Austin Film Festival, John joins panelists Jordan Mechner (Prince of Persia) and Erica Harrell & Desirée Proctor (The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners) for an in-depth discussion on working across movies, tv, comics, plays, videogames and VR.

Moderated by Evan Narcisse (Rise of the Black Panther), they discuss what led them to new mediums, the storytelling strengths each medium offers, and building a career that moves between them.

In our bonus segment for premium members, the panelists answer some video game specific questions, including how to stand out as a writer to the major game developers.

Scriptnotes audio provided courtesy of ©Austin Film Festival

Links:

• Austin Film Festival’s On Story
• Writing Across Mediums panel at the Austin Film Festival
• Evan Narcisse on Bluesky
• Jordan Mechner
• Erica Harell
• Desirée Proctor
• Nuclear Power by Desirée Proctor & Erica Harrell
• The Walking Dead: Saints & Sinners on Steam, Meta store and Playstation
• Prince of Persia games
• Spy magazine
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• Craig Mazin on Threads and Instagram
• John August on BlueSky, Threads, Instagram, and Mastodon
• Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)
• Scriptnotes is produced by Drew Marquardt and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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