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Mystery Vs. Confusion

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September 27, 2016 Scriptnotes

John and Craig compare mystery and confusion, and how you can have more of the former with less of the latter. We use these lessons as we look at three new entries in the Three Page Challenge.

We also answer listener questions on flashbacks and capitalizing on festival success.

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  • Three Pages by Gabrielle Mentjox
  • Three Pages by Jesse Gouldsbury & Brendan Steere
  • Three Pages by Mitchell LeBlanc
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  • Outro by Matthew Chilelli (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 10-11-16: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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