This site has 1,440 posts, stretching back to 2003. Unlike many blogs, most of these articles are still relevant. The basics of screenwriting haven’t changed much in a decade.
Yet some problems inevitably creep in with age. Links break as external sites vanish. Formatting glitches arise. Graphics get misplaced.
To help fix these issues, we’re doing a few days of Spring Cleaning on the site. And if you have some free time, we’d love your help.
At the bottom of this post is a list of articles that need checking. (It generates a fresh list each time.) Click on an article, read it, and look for mistakes or issues. Repeat as often as you choose.
If you notice any problems (typos, missing graphics, broken links or other mistakes) click on either the “Flag for Spring Cleaning” button at the end of each post or the Send To button. This will send a report to Ryan, who will verify and correct.
Once a post is marked “Flagged for Spring Cleaning,” you can’t send additional reports on it until Ryan checks it out.
Yes, private, this is a bug hunt. Twice daily, we’ll be posting results showing who has caught the most mistakes.
Ryan is the final arbiter of who gets credit for what.
**UPDATE:** You can see the leaderboard [here](http://johnaugust.com/spring-cleaning-leaderboard).
We originally had a checkbox marked “Outdated,” but too much was getting flagged. Some posts are old and not exactly actionable (e.g. anything related to the 2008 WGA strike). That’s okay. History counts too. The publication dates are there for a reason.
As with the Scene Challenges, the winner gets public acclaim and bragging rights. But I’ll also happily send the victor his or her choice of movie swag, such as a signed script, DVD or poster.
I’m sure there will be issues we haven’t yet considered. Feel free to ask questions in the comments. Thanks, and happy hunting.