Katie and David sit down with screenwriter, director and developer, John August.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!

Katie and David sit down with screenwriter, director and developer, John August.

Thanks to MPU listener Jigar Talati for assistance with the shownotes this week!


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Guest Starring:

John August


Links and Show Notes:

Links for this episode:

John August’s Website
A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August

About John August
Store
Follow John August on Twitter
Ask John August
Scriptnotes Podcast
One Cool Thing

John August - IMDb
Craig Mazin - IMDb
MPU 050: Workflows with David Wain | Mac Power Users
Mac Power Users 147: David Wain Returns | Mac Power Users
Quote-Unquote Apps
Collected from: Quote-Unquote Apps

Highland
Bronson
Courier Prime
Less-IMDb

Sex, Lies, and Videotape (1989) - IMDb


- Sex, Lies, and Videotape - Screenplay

The Macalope
Library | johnaugust.com
This page contains .pdf versions of various projects John’s written over the years.

WorkFlowy - Organize your brain.
Slack: Be less busy
Basecamp is everyone’s favorite project management app.
Fountain | A markup language for screenwriting.
Daring Fireball: Markdown
Glassboard - Know who you're sharing with.
Final Draft | #1-Selling Screenwriting Software in the World
Slugline. Simply Screenwriting.
Literature and Latte - Scrivener Writing Software | Mac OS X | Windows
Scriptnotes, 129: The One with the Guys from Final Draft
Scriptnotes podcast episode where John and Craig talk/debate screenwriting software with the guys from Final Draft. It’s an epic one.

San Francisco (typeface) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Field Notes — “I’m not writing it down to remember it later, I’m writing it down to remember it now.”
Byword • Simple and efficient text editor for Mac, iPhone and iPad.
Vesper. Collect your thoughts.
Ryan Nelson (ryannelson) on Twitter
NimaYousefi.com
Accidental Tech Podcast
Scriptnotes on the App Store on iTunes
Accidental Tech Podcast: 54: goto fail;
The episode where John Siracusa and the gang talk about the Final Draft episode of the Scriptnotes podcast.

Skitch | Evernote
Airmail
TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time TextExpander: Mac Typing Shortcut Utility Saves You Time
Sparrow — Get mail done
Command-C ? Clipboard Sharing Tool for iOS and OS X
CodeRunner — krillapps
CoffeeScript


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