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John and Craig look at what screenwriters can pick up from Kellyanne Conway, plus what John learned from going through the copy-editing process on his book.

We also answer listener questions about moving to Los Angeles and whether to use a pen name.

Links:

* [Riverdale Promo](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ekHpQRGo8TI)
* [Kellyanne Conway](http://theweek.com/articles/675240/how-kellyanne-conway-became-greatest-spin-doctor-modern-american-history)
* [Google Ngram viewer for toward, towards](https://books.google.com/ngrams/graph?content=toward%2Ctowards&year_start=1900&year_end=2008&corpus=16&smoothing=3&share=&direct_url=t1%3B%2Ctoward%3B%2Cc0%3B.t1%3B%2Ctowards%3B%2Cc0)
* [Spare-A-Rose Campaign](https://lifeforachildusa.org/sparearose/)
* [Eurostar Snap](https://snap.eurostar.com/)
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Find past episodes](http://scriptnotes.net/)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by The Arbitrary Jukebox Experiment ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_288.mp3).

**UPDATE 2-18-17:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2017/scriptnotes-ep-288-betty-veronica-and-craig-transcript).

Craig and John discuss a Vanity Fair article about the impending disruption of Hollywood and are unimpressed. The better question worth asking: if this were the end of the film and television industry, what signs would we look for?

Then it’s finally time to answer listener questions about folktales, translators and writers who just don’t get it.

Links:

* Scriptnotes Extra: [A Refugee Story](http://johnaugust.com/2017/a-refugee-story)
* [Their Story is Our Story](https://tsosrefugees.org)
* [Vale](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6jlQiwcsV9Q)
* [Hollywood is already over](http://www.vanityfair.com/news/2017/01/why-hollywood-as-we-know-it-is-already-over)
* [MPAA Statistics](http://www.mpaa.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/MPAA-Theatrical-Market-Statistics-2015_Final.pdf)
* [IMDb is shutting down its message boards](https://www.engadget.com/2017/02/05/imdb-shuts-down-message-boards/)
* [Go IMDb Thread](http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0139239/board/flat/99293237?p=1)
* [New York Times](https://www.nytimes.com/)
* [Wall Street Journal](https://www.wsj.com/)
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Find past episodes](http://scriptnotes.net/)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Malcolm Nygard ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_287.mp3).

**UPDATE 2-12-17:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2017/scriptnotes-ep-287-hollywood-is-always-dying-transcript).

John and Craig return to the topic of dialogue, looking at how characters talk in film and why dialogue matters.

We also discuss two terms often applied to screenwriters, and why people should stop using them.

Links:

* Episode 37: [Let’s talk about dialogue](http://johnaugust.com/2012/dialogue)
* [Finding Carter Trailer](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DS9Th9Drujg)
* [The Amazing Live Sea Monkeys](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f7yF-F1IVWw)
* [The Mandela Effect](http://www.snopes.com/2016/07/24/the-mandela-effect/)
* [David Kwong and Dilemma](http://dilemna.info)
* [Discourse Marker](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Discourse_marker)
* [How to #StayOutraged Without Losing Your Mind](https://medium.com/the-coffeelicious/how-to-stayoutraged-without-losing-your-mind-fc0c41aa68f3)
* [Women](https://www.womensmarch.com/)
* [John August](https://twitter.com/johnaugust) on Twitter
* [Craig Mazin](https://twitter.com/clmazin) on Twitter
* [John on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en)
* [Find past episodes](http://scriptnotes.net/)
* [Outro](http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros) by Puddles Pity Party ([send us yours!](http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed))

Email us at ask@johnaugust.com

You can download the episode [here](http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/scriptnotes_ep_286.mp3).

**UPDATE 2-06-17:** The transcript of this episode can be found [here](http://johnaugust.com/2017/scriptnotes-ep-286-script-doctors-dialogue-and-hacks-transcript).