John and Craig gather a congregation of writers in St. David's Episcopal Church for a live round of the Three Page Challenge. They look at three listener-submitted scripts to offer them their honest feedback, face-to-face. They offer suggestions on world building in the apocalypse, making military characters specific, building mystery and suspense, and crafting con-artist logic. In our bonus segment for premium members, we answer questions from our audience on how to know if a script looks correct, what we want to see in the first three pages, using actor names in character descriptions, what comedy requires, and how to direct a reader's attention on the page. Links: <ul> <li>Follow along with our Three Page Challenge Selections! <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/index.php?gf-download=2025%2F10%2FAG-1st-3-pages.pdf&form-id=1&field-id=4&hash=287069179b89aa53d67b2fe2ea66518dabc8f68f2c124878899954750f884cd5">ANCIENT GRAINS</a> by Michael Warnecke, <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/index.php?gf-download=2025%2F10%2FHIGH-NORTH-3-PAGE-CHALLENGE.pdf&form-id=1&field-id=4&hash=6d91fa48637224098139c9ba0042284f7a30c2aa9dc696177fc280dab80dc94f">HIGH NORTH</a> by Teddy Johnson, <a href= "https://johnaugust.com/index.php?gf-download=2025%2F09%2FTall-Poppies_3-pages.pdf&form-id=1&field-id=4&hash=9759420ba731c648568e535f8ddfee11049f1b1dc8074885d51763043bdc5ad2">TALL POPPIES</a> by Becca Hurd</li> <li><a href="https://austinfilmfestival.com/">Austin Film Festival</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotesbook.com/">The Scriptnotes Book is here!</a></li> <li><a href= "https://cottonbureau.com/people/scriptnotes-podcast">Get a Scriptnotes T-shirt!</a></li> <li><a href="https://blog.quoteunquoteapps.com/">Check out the Inneresting Newsletter</a></li> <li><a href="https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/">Become a Scriptnotes Premium member</a>, or <a href= "https://scriptnotes.supportingcast.fm/gifts">gift a subscription</a> (now with fewer emails!)</li> <li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/@ScriptnotesPodcast">Subscribe to Scriptnotes on YouTube</a></li> <li>Scriptnotes on <a href= "https://www.instagram.com/clmazin/">Instagram</a></li> <li>John August on <a href= "https://bsky.app/profile/johnaugust.bsky.social">Bluesky</a> and <a href="https://www.instagram.com/johnaugust/?hl=en">Instagram</a></li> <li><a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2013/scriptnotes-the-outros">Outro</a> by Mathew Chilelli (<a href= "http://johnaugust.com/2014/outros-needed">send us yours!</a>)</li> <li>Scriptnotes is produced by <a href= "https://www.drewmarquardt.com/">Drew Marquardt</a> and edited by <a href="https://www.matthewchilelli.com/">Matthew Chilelli</a>.</li> </ul> Email us at ask@johnaugust.com You can download the episode <a href= "http://traffic.libsyn.com/scriptnotes/714AFF3PC.mp3">here</a>.

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