Comments on: About

By: William

William — Tue, 18 Dec 2007 08:31:37 +0000

John,

I just came across this site during an information fit. I read through many of the articles and intend to further digest the remainder when I regain my wit.

I have a question that may also be considered a lament — you decide.

I am a 100% self-taught writer, 21 years of age, and I currently freelance for a living. All in all, I’m a literary prostitute — a whore of words; I’ll do anything for a buck.

I write for magazines doing music/lifestyle and travel, I write SEO articles, copywriting, web content and all of that other boring shit.

I had intended to pursue this whole racket in order to eventually get to where I want to be: film.

Although many of your entries have shined a new hope upon my heavy, cigarette-smoke laden heart, I still can’t help but feel a giant brick wall in front of me. I’ve overcome obstacles at my early age. Hell, I’m a work-at-home writer with no college education and a wonderful rebellious high-school drop-out past. I should be proud of myself, right? Nah.

The problem is that I’m cursed, you see. I have the ability to write screenplays out the proverbial wazoo. I can write a feature by myself in no more than a week’s time, and they’re damned good. Everyday my mind is filled with a constant barrage of shorts, features and also documentaries. However, I’ve stopped writing these things if only because I don’t know what in the fuck to do with them.

Move to L.A? Show me the money — I’m a writer after all. Although I’m as savvy a networking kiss-up dog-walker as the rest of those hooligans shoving their appendages into the big doors of success, I just can’t seem to find the magic fountain.

So I’m wondering if you would have any advice for a lowly fellow like me. I’m filled with brilliant ideas, I churn out screenplays like butter (good ones, mind you; I know what in the hell is good and what is not), but I have no outlet for these talents and have become stuck in the glitzy, glossy world of AOL Travel and Conde Nast.

I appreciate you lending an ear…er…eye (maybe even both eyes) and look forward to a possible response,

-William http://www.William-Mac.com http://www.ThisWeekinTime.com

By: Charles Choi

Charles Choi — Wed, 12 Dec 2007 18:49:13 +0000

John -

Would like to contact you about a documentary on screenwriters we have on Caachi - Call me back!

-Charles

By: Andres

Andres — Fri, 07 Dec 2007 18:03:00 +0000

Hi Mr. August. I’m a spanish writer. I need an agent for to move my award script. Could you recommend me an agency in USA? Thanks.

By: Erik

Erik — Sun, 11 Nov 2007 22:10:48 +0000

Hi John,

Thanks for the tip on the kids books. My son Zach loves Quiet Loud and Big Small.

By: Kempke

Kempke — Thu, 08 Nov 2007 16:03:47 +0000

Greetings! Congrats on the Alumni of the Year Award and your professional accomplishments! Visiting this site is a little surreal for me. Next time your in the area give me a heads up! It would be nice to see you again and catch up. From this posting, you should have my email (or a google search under my married name will find me too).

Anyway... Best Wishes! "Kempke"

By: Paul

Paul — Mon, 05 Nov 2007 22:01:58 +0000

It’s awful cool of you to post your secrets and opinions about screenwriting and the Biz. “Go” is one the best movies ever. Very neat to learn how it grew from your thoughts to the Big Screen. Thanks for posting a blog. Very imformative to non screenwriters like myself!

By: Jerome Olivier

Jerome Olivier — Thu, 24 May 2007 17:21:53 +0000

Hey John,

I just wanted to let you know I think your blog rocks and I check it daily for updates.

I know it’s not much, but I figured since you give so much to the community, the least I could do was share a short I finished last year and am now giving away. If you have the time / inclination, “Missing Pages” can be downloaded from http://speaking-pictures.com/missingPages.html

Keep up the great work and I hope Captain Marvel makes it to the big screen and The Nines to Tokyo, Japan. :^)

Best of luck on all your endeavors!

Jerome Olivier

By: John Esquire

John Esquire — Fri, 18 May 2007 21:45:00 +0000

I wish I had a brain. Well, your brain to be exact then I could really work out the processes of completing a script when I should be completing a script and leaving aside the procrastination. Too many times, I have taken a leap into another script, only to be dragged away by my imaginations and onto something else. However, I have completed many a script and am always looking for that voice in my head, sans the demented one. I enjoy your work and can only add: well done. You make us scribes look good.

By: Michael M. Byrd

Michael M. Byrd — Tue, 27 Feb 2007 22:44:15 +0000

Mr. August I just wanted to say from one Bulldawg to another that its good to see something good besides Jeremy Piven come out of Drake University. I used to edit the Campus literary mag, Periphery (1991), so I’m a writer like you (except you get paid for yours). Teach me, Obi Wan (there may be a pint of Stout at “Peggy’s” in it for ya… Cheers and continued good fortune!

By: Libby Conner

Libby Conner — Sun, 21 Jan 2007 20:21:33 +0000

Dear Mr. August

Please Help. I am writing on behalf of my son Mike Conner, who submitted two emails regarding the GetAMentor program. Please delete these comments from your site, as the company will not continue to participate in the program unless the comments are removed. This is very important and I appreciate your help. Many thanks.

By: Jamie Martz

Jamie Martz — Sat, 30 Dec 2006 21:53:15 +0000

Just wanted to drop you a line telling you that I love your site. I am a struggling actor/waiter who aspires to add struggling screenwriter to my list of accomplishments. Your site was one that really helped me get my butt in gear as far as writing is concerned. I have always loved to write, but never had the discipline until recently. I have spent hours getting lost on your site, reading your archives, etc. You are a bookmark on my Blackberry and you have helped to kill many hours of standing in lines this holiday season.

Just wanted to say thanks.