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Other Things Screenwriters Write

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February 11, 2020 Follow Up, Highland, News, QandA, Scriptnotes, Transcribed, Treatments

John and Craig discuss the other stuff screenwriters write, from beat sheets to scriptments and everything in between. The differences are sometimes subtle, but each can have value — in the right circumstance.

After that, they dip into the mailbag (24:23) for questions on TV bibles, writing while traveling, and using “I” in titles.

Premium subscribers: stick around for a bonus segment (47:31) on the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator and how its questions may be useful to screenwriters.

  • John will be part of the Beyond Bars: Changing the Narrative on Criminal Justice panel on February 26th
  • Contact brand@johnaugust.com for information on Highland 2 for students and educators
  • Outlines and treatments on screenwriting.io, and some examples in the johnaugust.com library
  • Scriptnotes, episodes 436, 434, and 432
  • Reddit’s r/imsorryjon
  • Scott Silver on IMDb and Wikipedia
  • The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator on Wikipedia and an online test
  • The Big Five personality traits
  • John August on Twitter
  • Craig Mazin on Twitter
  • John on Instagram
  • Outro by James Llonch (send us yours!)
  • Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 2-21-2020 The transcript for this episode can be found here.

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