John and Craig discuss the other stuff screenwriters write, from beat sheets to scriptments and everything in between. The differences are sometimes subtle, but each can have value — in the right circumstance.

After that, they dip into the mailbag (24:23) for questions on TV bibles, writing while traveling, and using “I” in titles.

Premium subscribers: stick around for a bonus segment (47:31) on the Meyers-Briggs Type Indicator and how its questions may be useful to screenwriters.

• John will be part of the Beyond Bars: Changing the Narrative on Criminal Justice panel on February 26th
• Contact [email protected] for information on Highland 2 for students and educators
• Outlines and treatments on screenwriting.io, and some examples in the johnaugust.com library
• Scriptnotes, episodes 436, 434, and 432
• Reddit’s r/imsorryjon
• Scott Silver on IMDb and Wikipedia
• The Myers–Briggs Type Indicator on Wikipedia and an online test
• The Big Five personality traits
• John August on Twitter
• Craig Mazin on Twitter
• John on Instagram
• Outro by James Llonch (send us yours!)
• Scriptnotes is produced by Megana Rao and edited by Matthew Chilelli.

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