John and Craig come to the defense of montages in screenwriting, giving examples of how and when the much-maligned device can be employed to benefit the story.
We also share our thoughts on the latest incarnation of Final Draft, plus new listener questions on sex scenes and resuscitating old scripts.
Links:
- Starting a Screenwriting Career Outside of LA, New York or London
- AFF Pitch Contest
- On Story Book
- The Henley Regatta in The Social Network
- Witness Barn Scene
- Invasive by Chuck Wendig
- The Marvel Symphonic Universe
- John August on Twitter
- Craig Mazin on Twitter
- John on Instagram
- Get your 250 episode USB
- Find past episodes
- Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)
Email us at ask@johnaugust.com
You can download the episode here.
UPDATE 9-27-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.