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Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting

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August 16, 2016 Scriptnotes

John and Craig introduce “The 100 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting,” a curation of questions from screenwriting.io.

We also take on the Three Page Challenge, with stories from Sinaloa, Mexico to the mind of Mark Twain.

Links:

  • Gen Con
  • True Dungeon
  • The Katering Show
  • Download The 100 Most Frequently Asked Questions about Screenwriting
  • Three Pages by Salvador Medina
  • Three Pages by Laura Bailey
  • Three Pages by Tim Plaehn
  • Send us your Three Pages
  • The Greenland Shark
  • The Suicide Molecule
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 8-19-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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  3. Screenwriting.io moves out of beta

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