#JohnAugust to Pen Untitled #LAIKA #Stopmotion Feature: the #CorpseBride and #Frankenweenie writer joins director Pete Candeland on the film, which follows a theater-loving high school student lured into an endless bacchanal in search of her missing mother. bit.ly/4nhk4wT #Animation #AnimationWorld
June 12, 2025 at 5:48 PM
#JohnAugust to Pen Untitled #LAIKA #Stopmotion Feature: the #CorpseBride and #Frankenweenie writer joins director Pete Candeland on the film, which follows a theater-loving high school student lured into an endless bacchanal in search of her missing mother. bit.ly/4nhk4wT #Animation #AnimationWorld
Rejoice! RT @johnaugust: Highland, our long-in-beta screenplay editor, is in the Mac App Store today :: <a href="http://2ja.co/nqlne" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://2ja.co/nqlne
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November 7, 2024 at 4:01 AM
Rejoice! RT @johnaugust: Highland, our long-in-beta screenplay editor, is in the Mac App Store today :: <a href="http://2ja.co/nqlne" class="hover:underline text-blue-600 dark:text-sky-400 no-card-link" target="_blank" rel="noopener" data-link="bsky">http://2ja.co/nqlne
Currently blanketing @qapps in Beta feedback. Hope @johnaugust doesn’t get push notifications for every email.
November 28, 2024 at 8:28 AM
Currently blanketing @qapps in Beta feedback. Hope @johnaugust doesn’t get push notifications for every email.
@johnaugust Great meeting you last night John. Safe travels.
December 1, 2024 at 11:32 AM
@johnaugust Great meeting you last night John. Safe travels.
Seems like snobbery to me to suggest fan-fic writers are the target audience for an AI app. “My company started talking about ways writers might use this technology. The world is full of folks who write fiction, especially fan fiction. They would be a better fit for the tool” #AI #johnaugust #fanfic
My history with AI
My experience with early AI companies helped me realize how important it was for the Guild to create guardrails to protect writers and our work.
johnaugust.com
May 8, 2025 at 12:46 AM
Seems like snobbery to me to suggest fan-fic writers are the target audience for an AI app. “My company started talking about ways writers might use this technology. The world is full of folks who write fiction, especially fan fiction. They would be a better fit for the tool” #AI #johnaugust #fanfic
@johnaugust god, that was a depressing one this week! 😳 John, I would point your listeners to my podcast where I talk to writers who have broken in these past few years. I think it’s a great ‘state of the union’ resource for breaking in - particularly in features - circa ‘25 👍 CH
November 14, 2025 at 4:39 AM
@johnaugust god, that was a depressing one this week! 😳 John, I would point your listeners to my podcast where I talk to writers who have broken in these past few years. I think it’s a great ‘state of the union’ resource for breaking in - particularly in features - circa ‘25 👍 CH
(1) Many years ago I worked with @johnaugust on the film “Go.” I have always followed him because I think he is a brilliant writer, plus I liked him personally. I began following @clmazin because he is associated with John, and his roasting of Ted Cruz which delighted me.
December 1, 2024 at 4:57 PM
(1) Many years ago I worked with @johnaugust on the film “Go.” I have always followed him because I think he is a brilliant writer, plus I liked him personally. I began following @clmazin because he is associated with John, and his roasting of Ted Cruz which delighted me.
Had a phone call yesterday about a potential new job with a startup in LA. I swear he sounded just like @johnaugust and all I could think of was that I was being pranked for an episode of Scriptnotes.
November 12, 2024 at 3:34 AM
Had a phone call yesterday about a potential new job with a startup in LA. I swear he sounded just like @johnaugust and all I could think of was that I was being pranked for an episode of Scriptnotes.
@johnaugust In the last Scriptnotes you mentioned a Broadway director that left during their “cocktail song”. Happen to know which show?
November 30, 2024 at 7:36 PM
@johnaugust In the last Scriptnotes you mentioned a Broadway director that left during their “cocktail song”. Happen to know which show?
I'm going to explore donning dramatis personae in elf suits in the third act as an alternative to developing tiresome back stories, psychological profiles, character arcs, mythic journeys and structure etc? 🤷♂️@johnaugust
November 18, 2024 at 4:21 PM
I'm going to explore donning dramatis personae in elf suits in the third act as an alternative to developing tiresome back stories, psychological profiles, character arcs, mythic journeys and structure etc? 🤷♂️@johnaugust
“@Lejade “@johnaugust The math (and choices) behind 2-D platformers :: http://higherorderfun.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-guide-to-implementing-2d-platformers/””
November 29, 2024 at 10:35 PM
“@Lejade “@johnaugust The math (and choices) behind 2-D platformers :: http://higherorderfun.com/blog/2012/05/20/the-guide-to-implementing-2d-platformers/””
The glaring weakness in the elaborately guarded fortification. The NOC list room with hair-trigger floor sensors and temperature fluctuation sensors and micro-decibel sound sensors but no $10 motion detector. https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1567299250186506241
November 27, 2024 at 4:25 PM
The glaring weakness in the elaborately guarded fortification. The NOC list room with hair-trigger floor sensors and temperature fluctuation sensors and micro-decibel sound sensors but no $10 motion detector. https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1567299250186506241
Arrest the cops who killed #BreonnaTaylor https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1269769527144837120
November 12, 2024 at 3:33 AM
Arrest the cops who killed #BreonnaTaylor https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1269769527144837120
It’s a strike about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. #johnaugust
May 5, 2023 at 9:37 PM
It’s a strike about screenwriting and things that are interesting to screenwriters. #johnaugust
“one of the more harrowing reads for writers concerned about artificial intelligence encroaching on their livelihoods is a study commissioned by OpenAI itself. It places writers in the “fully exposed” category. (a response to screenwriter #JohnAugust saying AI is a “tool”
#AI #filmsky #scriptsky)
#AI #filmsky #scriptsky)
Hollywood’s Screenwriters Are Right to Fear AI
The Writers Guild of America’s demands for guardrails on artificial intelligence are a smart move—and the stakes are higher than ever.
www.wired.com
April 29, 2025 at 5:34 AM
“one of the more harrowing reads for writers concerned about artificial intelligence encroaching on their livelihoods is a study commissioned by OpenAI itself. It places writers in the “fully exposed” category. (a response to screenwriter #JohnAugust saying AI is a “tool”
#AI #filmsky #scriptsky)
#AI #filmsky #scriptsky)
I assume @johnaugust feels something similar to this about Final Draft.
November 26, 2024 at 6:06 PM
I assume @johnaugust feels something similar to this about Final Draft.
Was honored to discuss my VOD article with @johnaugust and @clmazin on the new Scriptnotes podcast: http://johnaugust.com/2014/from-debussy-to-vod
Scriptnotes, 148: From Debussy to VOD
John and Craig sit down with Scot Tobias to talk Video on...
johnaugust.com
December 1, 2024 at 1:54 PM
Was honored to discuss my VOD article with @johnaugust and @clmazin on the new Scriptnotes podcast: http://johnaugust.com/2014/from-debussy-to-vod
« Fate has a way of circling back on a man, and taking him by surprise. A man sees things differently at different times in his life. »
― John August
🔗 · poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7532064...
#quotes #JohnAugust #fate #karma #kismet #fortune #surprise
― John August
🔗 · poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7532064...
#quotes #JohnAugust #fate #karma #kismet #fortune #surprise
Poligraf · The Artistic Impulse
Fate has a way of circling back on a man, and taking him by surprise. A man sees things differently at different times in his life.
— John August
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June 14, 2024 at 12:29 AM
« Fate has a way of circling back on a man, and taking him by surprise. A man sees things differently at different times in his life. »
― John August
🔗 · poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7532064...
#quotes #JohnAugust #fate #karma #kismet #fortune #surprise
― John August
🔗 · poligraf.tumblr.com/post/7532064...
#quotes #JohnAugust #fate #karma #kismet #fortune #surprise
@clmazin @johnaugust Now there's an inciting incident. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41306934
Geneva: 500 euro notes found flushed down toilets
Geneva prosecutors are looking at why a mystery person fl...
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November 23, 2024 at 3:58 PM
@clmazin @johnaugust Now there's an inciting incident. http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-europe-41306934
#Fusion Party's #JohnAugust for #Bennelong (NSW)
>> www.fusionparty.org.au/john_august_... <<
#AUSPOL #PutLNPLast #NSWpol #PutLiberalsLASt #August #AusVotes25 #FederalElection #FederalElection2025 #AustraliaDecides #VoteTheDickOutOfDickson #MashTheSpud #JeromeLaxale #AdamHart #BarryDevine
>> www.fusionparty.org.au/john_august_... <<
#AUSPOL #PutLNPLast #NSWpol #PutLiberalsLASt #August #AusVotes25 #FederalElection #FederalElection2025 #AustraliaDecides #VoteTheDickOutOfDickson #MashTheSpud #JeromeLaxale #AdamHart #BarryDevine
John August for Bennelong (NSW)
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April 10, 2025 at 12:57 AM
Whoa. “@johnaugust: Hey stoners: Roads are just dry rivers, waiting for rain. (You're welcome.)”
December 2, 2024 at 11:56 PM
Whoa. “@johnaugust: Hey stoners: Roads are just dry rivers, waiting for rain. (You're welcome.)”
Good lord are Markdown and Fountain elegant. Mad props to @gruber and @johnaugust for bringing these into the world.
November 7, 2024 at 8:21 AM
Good lord are Markdown and Fountain elegant. Mad props to @gruber and @johnaugust for bringing these into the world.
This is exciting! The past episodes with Chris have been rad. https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1128325629206601729
November 19, 2024 at 3:39 AM
This is exciting! The past episodes with Chris have been rad. https://twitter.com/johnaugust/status/1128325629206601729
RIP, the Motion Picture Film Camera (1888–2011): http://t.co/qUdv1CRz. More from @johnaugust: http://t.co/MLrGXv60
November 16, 2024 at 2:01 AM
RIP, the Motion Picture Film Camera (1888–2011): http://t.co/qUdv1CRz. More from @johnaugust: http://t.co/MLrGXv60