John August
@johnaugust.bsky.social
Screenwriter, mostly. Also Highland and Scriptnotes.
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I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
I see some book piracy discourse, and, to make a positive argument in favor of buying books, your marginal ability to influence what books get published and support the careers of writers you like is massive compared to most other forms of media.
November 25, 2025 at 11:07 PM
I once asked a bookseller at a large indie store how many people would have to buy a book for it to get the attention of the store buyer and cause an additional order and they said: Three.
This movie is gorgeous on the big screen. Light plays a big role in this, and even the best TVs won’t give you the full experience.
We are in theaters TOMORROW!! See my pinned post for a theater finder link ❤️❤️💀⏰ #WakeUpDeadMan
November 25, 2025 at 4:00 PM
This movie is gorgeous on the big screen. Light plays a big role in this, and even the best TVs won’t give you the full experience.
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We are in theaters TOMORROW!! See my pinned post for a theater finder link ❤️❤️💀⏰ #WakeUpDeadMan
November 25, 2025 at 3:34 PM
We are in theaters TOMORROW!! See my pinned post for a theater finder link ❤️❤️💀⏰ #WakeUpDeadMan
I’ve been blogging/podcasting about writing for 25 years. Every week there’s something new I hadn’t considered.
November 21, 2025 at 11:48 PM
I’ve been blogging/podcasting about writing for 25 years. Every week there’s something new I hadn’t considered.
Great look at the hierarchy of how characters (and all of us) vent our frustrations. blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/274-emotiona...
Emotional Hot Potato: Characters Pass on Negative Emotions
How can a story show it has a strong, personal understanding of its audience? Should a story start from there, or find its way?
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November 21, 2025 at 11:44 PM
Great look at the hierarchy of how characters (and all of us) vent our frustrations. blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/274-emotiona...
I love that macOS contacts still lets you set someone’s Jabber username. In case of time travel, I guess.
November 15, 2025 at 12:23 AM
I love that macOS contacts still lets you set someone’s Jabber username. In case of time travel, I guess.
Last week, we sent out a bonus chapter of the Scriptnotes book. You can read it today. johnaugust.com/2025/getting...
Getting Stuff Written
Readers are crazy about our 13-page bonus chapter on writing productivity and self-care, exclusively for preorders of the Scriptnotes book.
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November 11, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Last week, we sent out a bonus chapter of the Scriptnotes book. You can read it today. johnaugust.com/2025/getting...
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At this year's ThinkyCon, Corey Martin and John August told the story of how a multiplayer physical card game became Birdigo!
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Adapting a Word Game: How Alphabirds Became Birdigo - John August and Corey Martin (ThinkyCon 2025)
John August and Corey Martin join us at ThinkyCon 2025 to present the talk: "Adapting a Word Game: How Alphabirds Became Birdigo"
Talk description: John and Corey discuss how AlphaBirds, a multiplayer physical card game, became Birdigo a single player deckbuilder video game. Topics include design c
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November 10, 2025 at 6:52 PM
At this year's ThinkyCon, Corey Martin and John August told the story of how a multiplayer physical card game became Birdigo!
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Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
November 5, 2025 at 1:57 AM
Head in hands wondering how this could happen to me, the popular president who posted a video of myself shitting on everyone 2 weeks ago
Scripnotes Live Show in LA. November 30th at 3pm! Every ticket gets a signed copy of the Scriptnotes book. Special guests and surprises, too. www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
November 4, 2025 at 8:57 PM
Scripnotes Live Show in LA. November 30th at 3pm! Every ticket gets a signed copy of the Scriptnotes book. Special guests and surprises, too. www.dynastytypewriter.com/calendar-squ...
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Join @johnaugust.bsky.social & i for a chat this wed at ThinkyCon!
Streamed live on @thinkygames.com youtube Nov 5th-7th
thinkygames.com/events/think...
Streamed live on @thinkygames.com youtube Nov 5th-7th
thinkygames.com/events/think...
November 3, 2025 at 5:23 PM
Join @johnaugust.bsky.social & i for a chat this wed at ThinkyCon!
Streamed live on @thinkygames.com youtube Nov 5th-7th
thinkygames.com/events/think...
Streamed live on @thinkygames.com youtube Nov 5th-7th
thinkygames.com/events/think...
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I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
October 31, 2025 at 8:19 AM
I love how Rep. Joe Neguse reframed this question.
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The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
October 30, 2025 at 8:40 PM
The President of the United States is so upset about his failed campaign for a Nobel Prize that he's now trying to claim someone else's prize as his own.
Pathetic.
Pathetic.
Read the first 30 pages of the Scriptnotes book! Then preorder it so you’ll have it in your hands December 30th. scriptnotesbook.com
October 30, 2025 at 7:09 PM
Read the first 30 pages of the Scriptnotes book! Then preorder it so you’ll have it in your hands December 30th. scriptnotesbook.com
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The paywall has dropped on @johnaugust.bsky.social's 5AM StoryTalk bonus episode. The screenwriter and Scriptnotes co-host returns to break down a favorite piece of art from his life - the pilot episode of “MODERN FAMILY” (2009). How does it hold up 16 years later in Trump's America?
BONUS: John August Talks the 'Modern Family' Pilot
Podcast Episode · 5AM StoryTalk · S1, E7 Bonus · 22m
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October 28, 2025 at 11:45 PM
The paywall has dropped on @johnaugust.bsky.social's 5AM StoryTalk bonus episode. The screenwriter and Scriptnotes co-host returns to break down a favorite piece of art from his life - the pilot episode of “MODERN FAMILY” (2009). How does it hold up 16 years later in Trump's America?
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I wrote a weirdo horror/comedy short film that takes place entirely in a hacked TV Guide channel. Watch CHANNELVUE here: vimeo.com/1128909278
October 27, 2025 at 10:57 PM
I wrote a weirdo horror/comedy short film that takes place entirely in a hacked TV Guide channel. Watch CHANNELVUE here: vimeo.com/1128909278
Battery storage has grown more than 3,000% in California. That's why we haven't had brown outs or flex alerts for the past few years. www.latimes.com/environment/...
California invests big in battery energy storage — and leaves rolling blackouts behind
Batteries that pair with clean solar and wind energy or just bolster electrical grids in general have completely taken off and are making a big difference on the California grid.
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October 26, 2025 at 2:51 PM
Battery storage has grown more than 3,000% in California. That's why we haven't had brown outs or flex alerts for the past few years. www.latimes.com/environment/...
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Yeah, I think I see the problem here - it's not that the video store was good, it's that you miss being a teenager
October 20, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Yeah, I think I see the problem here - it's not that the video store was good, it's that you miss being a teenager
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Editor1: How should we handle kinda demented behavior from the leader of the free world, styling himself as a king dumping shit on his detractors?
Editor2: Mild bemusement?
Editor1: See that’s why you have the CSJ degree
Editor2: Mild bemusement?
Editor1: See that’s why you have the CSJ degree
In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it.
Trump jabs 'No Kings' protesters with AI videos of himself wearing crown
In one video the president shared on social media, Trump wears a crown and flies a fighter jet with "King Trump" written on it.
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October 19, 2025 at 3:43 PM
Editor1: How should we handle kinda demented behavior from the leader of the free world, styling himself as a king dumping shit on his detractors?
Editor2: Mild bemusement?
Editor1: See that’s why you have the CSJ degree
Editor2: Mild bemusement?
Editor1: See that’s why you have the CSJ degree
Apologies to all Scriptnotes premium subscribers who got spammed with emails. Supporting Cast, our provider, had a glitch where it treated back episodes as new ones for the last two seasons. They apologize, we apologize. Even Craig is aware this happened!
just FYI, Scriptnotes just sent me 81 emails.
October 2, 2025 at 10:01 PM
Apologies to all Scriptnotes premium subscribers who got spammed with emails. Supporting Cast, our provider, had a glitch where it treated back episodes as new ones for the last two seasons. They apologize, we apologize. Even Craig is aware this happened!
“The good kind of annoyance draws you in rather than driving you away. It’s that feeling you get when there’s something you *can* and *must* make right.” www.experimental-history.com/p/thank-you-...
Thank you for being annoying
OR: whack 'em if you got 'em
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September 30, 2025 at 3:06 PM
“The good kind of annoyance draws you in rather than driving you away. It’s that feeling you get when there’s something you *can* and *must* make right.” www.experimental-history.com/p/thank-you-...
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Going independent has meant having the freedom to say that ICE is kidnapping people, to describe our government as authoritarian, and to say more directly when fascism is happening.
I hope we'll start to see this more in large newsrooms before it's too late.
I hope we'll start to see this more in large newsrooms before it's too late.
September 26, 2025 at 2:21 PM
Going independent has meant having the freedom to say that ICE is kidnapping people, to describe our government as authoritarian, and to say more directly when fascism is happening.
I hope we'll start to see this more in large newsrooms before it's too late.
I hope we'll start to see this more in large newsrooms before it's too late.
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Genuinely one of the biggest problems with politics today is that all the bad stuff is so, so funny
September 21, 2025 at 3:00 PM
Genuinely one of the biggest problems with politics today is that all the bad stuff is so, so funny
Streaming the hell out of Hulu until subscription runs out at the end of the month. Or better yet, Kimmel is back.
September 20, 2025 at 6:34 PM
Streaming the hell out of Hulu until subscription runs out at the end of the month. Or better yet, Kimmel is back.
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Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him?
To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
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To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
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September 18, 2025 at 2:28 PM
Can Jimmy Kimmel sue Brendan Carr, or other federal actors, for violating his First Amendment rights by coercing ABC to suspend his show, and maybe eventually to fire him?
To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
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To teal deer it, yes, but without an effective remedy.
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