In the spirit of Looper, Craig and John take a journey back in time, looking at the first scripts they read, the first scripts they wrote, and the common pitfalls of many first screenplays.
Not only that: they share and critique the first three pages from the very first scripts they wrote.
Does John’s romantic tragedy from 1994 show potential? Would Craig keep reading his high-concept comedy from 1995? You can be the judge, because both samples are linked below.
LINKS:
* [Here and Now](http://johnaugust.com/Assets/here_and_now.pdf), three pages from John August’s very first script
* [The Stunt Family](http://johnaugust.com/Assets/stunt_family.pdf), three pages from Craig Mazin’s very first script, co-written with Greg Erb
* [The Room](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/the-room/id552039496?mt=8) for iOS
* [Moom](http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/moom/id419330170?mt=12) for Mac
* [Austin Film Festival](http://www.austinfilmfestival.com/)
* INTRO: [Perfect Strangers (intro)](http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vbnLYROCj8&feature=related)
* OUTRO: [Feels Like the First Time (Acoustic)](http://itunes.apple.com/us/album/feels-like-the-first-time/id456321874?i=456322392) by Foreigner
You can download the episode here: [AAC](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_58.m4a).
**UPDATE** 10-11-12: The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2012/scriptnotes-ep-58-writing-your-very-first-screenplay-transcript).