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The Magic Word Is In This Episode

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August 8, 2017 Film Industry, Follow Up, QandA, Scriptnotes, Transcribed, WGA

Craig and John tackle a bunch of listener questions, along with follow-up on previous discussions.

Are road trip movies just a series of coincidences? How do you start the second draft? Should you mention screenwriting awards in a query?

Plus: a Redditor insists there is a secret password you have to write within a script for it to be purchased. After 311 episodes, the time has come. We reveal that magic word.

Links:

  • ‘Chernobyl’ Miniseries Set By HBO & Sky
  • Carolyn Strauss on Scriptnotes, 127
  • Big Fish The Musical starring Kelsey Grammer is on its way to London
  • Scriptnotes, 310: What’s in the WGA Deal
  • Scriptnotes, 309: Logic and Gimmickry
  • A Reddit user asks: Is there a secret password for success?
  • Every Three Hours on YouTube
  • Mouth Time with Reductress on iTunes
  • The House of Da Vinci
  • The Scriptnotes Listeners’ Guide!
  • The USB drives!
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Find past episodes
  • Outro by Rajesh Naroth (send us yours!)

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 8-14-17: The transcript of this episode can be found here.

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