Two weeks ago, my family and I moved to Paris. We’ll be here for about a year.
I’m not here for work, or to escape this [nightmare of an election][election]. Rather, this sojourn has been in the planning stages for several years, going all the way to back to a [screenwriters trip][filmfrance] organized by Film France back in 2009. My daughter is attending sixth grade here. We’ll head back to Los Angeles for seventh.
While I’m here, I’ll be writing [Arlo Finch][arlo]. And we’ll still be doing [Scriptnotes][scriptnotes]. We recorded a new episode this week. I think we’ll be able to keep up with our normal weekly schedule.
The biggest adjustment so far has been learning how to navigate Paris as an inhabitant rather than a visitor. For example, setting up a French checking account is a nightmare, but it’s a prerequisite for almost everything else (phone plans, electricity, transit passes). Paris busses are remarkably handy in ways I never considered as a tourist. We don’t have a car, but so far that’s been a plus.
Ex-pat American writers living in Paris is a complete cliché, so I won’t be blogging or [tweeting][twitter] about it much. If you want to see what I’m doing during my days, I’m an active user of Instagram stories. So [follow me on Instagram] if you want to see lots of pictures of kids carrying baguettes and dogs in restaurants.
[filmfrance]: http://johnaugust.com/2008/france-finished
[election]: http://fivethirtyeight.com
[arlo]: http://johnaugust.com/2016/i-wrote-a-book
[scriptnotes]: http://johnaugust.com/scriptnotes
[twitter]: http://twitter.com/johnaugust
: http://instagram.com/johnaugust