Scriptnotes, 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August

Scriptnotes, 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August annerocious: Craig (Mazin, talking about character intros): “Well, the standard lines are hard to do well because there are 14 billion screenplays in the world, 99.9 of which are terrible, and they all are chunked with…

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Scriptnotes, 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August

Scriptnotes, 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August Craig (Mazin, talking about character intros): “Well, the standard lines are hard to do well because there are 14 billion screenplays in the world, 99.9 of which are terrible, and they all are chunked with these…

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writerlyn: Not gonna lie, I lurk on John August’s blog a lot more than is probably healthy. Man is a genius. John August’s experience of walking through a crowd of screenwriters is: Everyone turns to the person next to them and very loudly whispers “John August is right THERE .”

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Theme is genetic. It you took a scene out and planted it, it should grow into the shape of the whole movie. John August

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Scriptnotes Live at Austin

Scriptnotes at johnaugust.com This was a live Scriptnotes for the immensely fun and useful podcast, so if you listen to it, you will be able to hear me screaming with laughter. The guests were amazing writer/director Rian Johnson and writer Kelly Marcel. Since you will be able to listen to the whole thing, I won’t…

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