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# John August

Author and Screenwriter

## Posts

- [Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests](https://johnaugust.com/2026/avoidance-and-other-anti-quests)
- [Scriptnotes, Episode 731: Avoidance and Other Anti-Quests, Transcript](https://johnaugust.com/2026/scriptnotes-episode-731-avoidance-and-other-anti-quests-transcript)
- [A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting](https://johnaugust.com/2026/a-frank-conversation-about-screenwriting)
- [Scriptnotes, Episode 730: A Frank Conversation About Screenwriting, Transcript](https://johnaugust.com/2026/scriptnotes-episode-730-a-frank-conversation-about-screenwriting-transcript)
- [What I learned from a year of Highland Pro](https://johnaugust.com/2026/what-i-learned-from-a-year-of-highland-pro)
- [Something Very Bad is Going to Happen](https://johnaugust.com/2026/something-very-bad-is-going-to-happen)
- [Sidecast: WGA Ratifies its Contract](https://johnaugust.com/2023/sidecast-wga-ratifies-its-contract)
- [Sidecast: The 2026 MBA](https://johnaugust.com/2026/sidecast-the-2026-mba)
- [What is a #writesprint?](https://johnaugust.com/2020/writesprint)
- [Smart People Talking About TV](https://johnaugust.com/2021/smart-people-talking-about-tv)
- [Scriptnotes, Episode 517: Smart People Talking About TV, Transcript](https://johnaugust.com/2021/scriptnotes-episode-517-smart-people-talking-about-tv-transcript)
- [The Clown Stays in the Picture](https://johnaugust.com/2019/the-clown-stays-in-the-picture)
- [Scriptnotes, ep 388: The Clown Stays in the Picture](https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-388-the-clown-stays-in-the-picture)
- [Scriptnotes Ep, 404: The One with Charlie Brooker, Transcript](https://johnaugust.com/2019/scriptnotes-ep-404-the-one-with-charlie-brooker-transcript)
- [Writing effective transitions (Encore)](https://johnaugust.com/2026/writing-effective-transitions-encore)
- [Scriptnotes, the 100th episode](https://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-100th-episode)
- [Scriptnotes, Ep 100: Scriptnotes, the 100th episode -- Transcript](https://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-ep-100-scriptnotes-the-100th-episode-transcript)
- [Scriptnotes, Episode 504: Writing a Script in (insert number) Days, Transcript](https://johnaugust.com/2021/scriptnotes-episode-504-writing-a-script-in-insert-number-days-transcript)
- [Psychotherapy for Screenwriters (Encore)](https://johnaugust.com/2024/psychotherapy-for-screenwriters-encore)
- [Writing effective transitions](https://johnaugust.com/2013/writing-effective-transitions)

## Pages

- [About](https://johnaugust.com/about)
- [John August](https://johnaugust.com/links)
- [Email Me, or Ask a Question](https://johnaugust.com/ask)
- [Library](https://johnaugust.com/library)
- [Glossary](https://johnaugust.com/glossary)
- [Feeds](https://johnaugust.com/feeds)
- [Store](https://johnaugust.com/store)
- [Xmas 2007](https://johnaugust.com/xmas)
- [Answer Finder](https://johnaugust.com/answers)
- [The Egyptian Variant (first pass notes)](https://johnaugust.com/variant/the-egyptian-variant)
- [The Variant (Second pass notes)](https://johnaugust.com/variant/the-variant)
- [The Variant](https://johnaugust.com/variant)
- [How to get the ePub version](https://johnaugust.com/variant-epub)
- [Thoughts on The Variant for the NY Times](https://johnaugust.com/variant/variant-nyt)
- [Snake People (beta)](https://johnaugust.com/snake-people-beta)
- [Projects](https://johnaugust.com/projects)
- [My Profile](https://johnaugust.com/edit-profile)
- [Readability Support](https://johnaugust.com/readability)
- [Spring Cleaning Leaderboard](https://johnaugust.com/spring-cleaning-leaderboard)
- [Citizenship](https://johnaugust.com/citizen)

## Categories

- [General](https://johnaugust.com/general)
- [QandA](https://johnaugust.com/qanda)
- [Projects](https://johnaugust.com/projects)
- [News](https://johnaugust.com/news)
- [Geek Alert](https://johnaugust.com/geek-alert)
- [First Person](https://johnaugust.com/first-person)
- [Big Fish](https://johnaugust.com/projects/big-fish)
- [Prince of Persia](https://johnaugust.com/projects/prince-of-persia)
- [Charlie](https://johnaugust.com/projects/charlie)
- [Dead Projects](https://johnaugust.com/projects/dead-projects)
- [Charlie's Angels](https://johnaugust.com/projects/charlies-angels)
- [Go](https://johnaugust.com/projects/go)
- [Formatting](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/formatting)
- [Story and Plot](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/story-and-plot)
- [So-Called Experts](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/so-called-experts)
- [Pitches](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/pitches)
- [Treatments](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/treatments)
- [Writing Process](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/writing-process)
- [Rights and Copyright](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/rights-and-copyright)
- [Words on the page](https://johnaugust.com/qanda/words-on-the-page)

## Tags

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- [fixed](https://johnaugust.com/tag/fixed)
- [HWTBM](https://johnaugust.com/tag/hwtbm)
- [megan](https://johnaugust.com/tag/megan)
- [The Princess Bride](https://johnaugust.com/tag/the-princess-bride)
- [William Goldman](https://johnaugust.com/tag/william-goldman)
- [Seth Rogen](https://johnaugust.com/tag/seth-rogen)
- [The Boys](https://johnaugust.com/tag/the-boys)
- [#payuphollywood](https://johnaugust.com/tag/payuphollywood)
- [assistant pay](https://johnaugust.com/tag/assistant-pay)
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