John August

Three Page Challenge

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Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed

John and Craig host a round of the Three Page Challenge, a segment where they offer feedback on listeners’ scripts. This week they discuss the whiplash of cutting too quickly, captivating title pages, and V.O. narration that actually works.

We also cover the return of MoviePass, 25 years of Netflix, and AI generated language.

In our bonus segment for premium members, we discuss senior year.

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Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 9-23-22 The transcript for this episode can now be found here.

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John and Craig host a round of the Three Page Challenge where they look at listener pages and offer feedback on what’s working and how to avoid common pitfalls. This week we look at time jumps, reveals, and ticker-tape dialogue.

We follow up on confusing credits, then answer listener questions on narrative geography, professional development and when it’s okay to take your pitch somewhere else.

In our bonus segment for premium members, the guys share the secret to social media.

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Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

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Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed

John and Craig host another round of the Three Page Challenge. This week they cover how to use voice over, build suspense, and write alter egos for the screen.

In follow up, we look at the day-and-date release of Wonder Woman 1984, updates in the WGA agency negotiations and of course the newly announced Uno game show.

Finally, in our bonus segment for premium members we discuss autobiographies and what we’d include in our own.

Thank you to all our Three Page Challenge participants!

Links:

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

 

UPDATE 11-27-2020 The transcript for this episode can be found here.

Three Page Zoom

News, Scriptnotes, Three Page Challenge, Transcribed

John and Craig host another Scriptnotes Livestream Show with special guest Dana Fox (Isn’t It Romantic, Couples Retreat). They discuss her new show, Home Before Dark, and her thoughts on why creating a feeling is so important to developing television shows.

Then we hold a Three Page Challenge and we invite each of our four participants on to discuss their script after we deliver feedback. We cover how to write momentum into action descriptions, ‘overwhelmers’ in a scene, and creating fantastical worlds.

Huge thank you to Dana for joining us, and a big thanks to all of our Three Page Challenge winners for their submissions!

Links:

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode here.

UPDATE 4-21-2020 The transcript for this episode can now be found here.