Podcast appearances and mentions of arlo finch

Screenwriter and co-host of Scriptnotes podcast John August joins Matt to discuss the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the 2003 film Big Fish. John talks about how he hadnt seen the 1971 Willy Wonka movie before writing the script, Johnny Depps original Alfred Hitchcock take on the Wonka character, and how his collaboration with Tim Burton started. Plus, John shares his process of method writing which helped him get in the right mindset while writing his new book Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire.This episode is brought to you by Mubi.com (www.mubi.com/WasThere). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Screenwriter and co-host of Scriptnotes podcast John August joins Matt to discuss the 2005 film Charlie and the Chocolate Factory and the 2003 film Big Fish. John talks about how he hadnt seen the 1971 Willy Wonka movie before writing the script, Johnny Depps original Alfred Hitchcock take on the Wonka character, and how his collaboration with Tim Burton started. Plus, John shares his process of method writing which helped him get in the right mindset while writing his new book Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire.This episode is brought to you by Mubi.com (www.mubi.com/WasThere). Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Today on the show we have Hollywood screenwriter, director, producer, podcaster and novelist John August. He is known for writing the hit Hollywood films Go, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Big Fish, Charlie, ​and the Chocolate Factory and Frankenweenie, the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin and the novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. He hosts the popular screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software called​ Highland 2.5 through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.Enjoy my conversation with John August.

2 segment show. First up, The Sound Chick interviews the Guillotines. Ending off with a convo w R&L Studios CEO.  Tracklist: Dancing With Ghosts, The Guillotines, When Nothing Works ,Arlo Finch, Treason of Monarchy, Planet Waves.

John August (Scriptnotes podcast, Arlo Finch book series) joins Jordan and Jesse for a discussion of Jordan's recent premium cable hotel movie viewing of Q the Winged Serpent, Jesse's time-wasting trip to the Southwest Museum, and the time John almost got into a fistfight in a Broadway theater. Check out John's Arlo Finch book series!

Kaytee and Meredith are chatting again this week and we’re talking books and celebrities. Kaytee was apparently recording in a tunnel, so… sorry about that! We’ve got it sorted out and it won’t happen again, but we can’t re-record, because then it’s stale and boring. You’ll hear a “bookish moment of the week” from each of us: stalking the UPS guy and the perfect way to meet other moms in a new setting! Next, we discuss our current reads for the week. We’re only doing two books a piece because these Book Bar episodes get really long otherwise! We’ve got an update for you on our Slow But Steady reads as well, what progress looks like for us. We are loving having you chime in for what you’re reading for this challenge. This week we’re discussing a few emails from listeners about their thoughts on Slow But Steady. For our deep dive, we are chatting about the ninth category for the Currently Reading Challenge: a book pressed by a celebrity. There are a billion celebrities pressing books into our hands these days! Finally, this week, we Belly Up to the Book Bar with Erin House, who tells us about her 5-star reads and we’ve got a bushel and a peck of titles to fill her cart! As per usual, time-stamped show notes are below with references to every book and resource we mentioned in this episode. If you’d like to listen first and not spoil the surprise, don’t scroll down!  . . . . . 1:23 - A Better Man by Louise Penny 3:12 - Beautiful Mystery by Louise Penny (actually book #8, doh!) 3:21 - How The Light Gets In by Louise Penny (actually book #9, whoops!) 5:11 - The Currently Reading 2019 Reading Challenge 5:55 - Episode 45 with Abbey Lile-Taylor 6:00 - Stay Sexy and Don’t Get Murdered by Karen Kilgarriff and Georgia Hardstark 6:18 - My Favorite Murder Podcast 9:36 - Arlo Finch in the Lake of the Moon by John August 9:39 - Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire by John August 9:53 - Launch Podcast with John August 12:40 - Episode 43 with Amanda Espinoza 12:57 - Red Rising by Pierce Brown 13:16 - The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins 16:59 - Before She Was Found by Heather Gudenkauf 20:08 - The Bookshop on the Shore by Jenny Colgan 21:06 - Hannah Coulter by Wendell Berry 21:34 - North and South by Elizabeth Gaskell 21:39 - On Writing by Stephen King 22:49 - The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt 22:53 - The Book of Negroes by Lawrence Hill 22:57 - Underground Railroad by Colson Whitehead 22:59 - The Stand by Stephen King 23:36 - Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee by Dee Brown 26:30 - Where the Crawdads Sing by Delia Owens 26:32 - Daisy Jones and the Six by Taylor Jenkins Reid 28:55 - Ashley Spivey on Instagram for her #spiveys

Bulletproof Screenwriting Episode 49: Today on the show we have Hollywood screenwriter, director, producer, podcaster and novelist John August. He is known for writing the hit Hollywood films Go, Charlie’s Angels, Charlie’s Angels: Full Throttle, Big Fish, Charlie, and the Chocolate Factory and Frankenweenie, the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin and the novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. Here are some of the trailers of his work. He hosts the popular screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software called Highland 2.5 through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps. Enjoy my conversation with John August.

Today on the show we have Hollywood screenwriter, director, producer, podcaster and novelist John August. He is known for writing the hit Hollywood films Go, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Big Fish, Charlie, ​and the Chocolate Factory and Frankenweenie, the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin and the novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. He hosts the popular screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software called​ Highland 2.5 through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.Enjoy my conversation with John August.

Today on the show we have Hollywood screenwriter, director, producer, podcaster and novelist John August. He is known for writing the hit Hollywood films Go, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Big Fish, Charlie, ​and the Chocolate Factory and Frankenweenie, the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin and the novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. He hosts the popular screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software called​ Highland 2.5 through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.Enjoy my conversation with John August.

Today on the show we have Hollywood screenwriter, director, producer, podcaster and novelist John August. He is known for writing the hit Hollywood films Go, Charlie's Angels, Charlie's Angels: Full Throttle, Big Fish, Charlie, ​and the Chocolate Factory and Frankenweenie, the Disney live-action adaptation of Aladdin and the novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. He hosts the popular screenwriting podcast Scriptnotes with Craig Mazin, maintains an eponymous screenwriting blog and develops screenwriter-targeted software called​ Highland 2.5 through his company, Quote-Unquote Apps.Enjoy my conversation with John August.

This week Federico and John are joined by screenwriter John August to talk about his work on films like Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, and Charlie’s Angels along with his Arlo Finch trilogy of novels.

First Draft Episode #189: David Iserson David Iserson, screenwriter of The Spy Who Dumped Me, writer on Saturday Night Live, United States of Tara, and New Girl, and author of YA novel Firecracker, talks about micro and macro humor, how unreliable narrators is one of the beautiful advantages of writing a book, co-writing as being in conversation with someone, and the merit of spite writing. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Encyclopedia Brown by Donald J. Sobol was one of the only books marketed to boys that David read as a young boy Judy Blume, author of Are You There, God? It’s Me, Margaret and Tales of a Fourth Grade Nothing, and Sweet Valley High by Francine Pascal were some of the books David read as a kid, because he wasn’t drawn to the “Boy who only throws strike-outs!” books B. Dalton Bookstore, where David would go shopping for books at the mall -- David says, “As a New Jersey pre-teen and teen, most of my memories are mall-related.” RIP B. Dalton! David was very, very into comic strips as a kid, like Calvin & Hobbes by Bill Watterson and Bloom County by Berkeley Breathed There’s a Bat in Bunk Five by Paula Danziger, a book set in an art summer camp that made David realize he could go to something other than sports camp during the summer Buck’s Rock camp in Connecticut Quentin Tarantino, an independent screenwriter and director of Reservoir Dogs and Pulp Fiction whose work made David realize that people wrote movies Zach Braff, actor in shows like Scrubs and writer and director of Garden State, was David’s TA and freshman year RA at Northwestern Miramax, Harvey Weinstein’s film production company, was where David got his first assistant job after moving to Los Angeles. David worked for a producer who played a part in creating The Cider House Rules, Pulp Fiction, and Bourne Identity Parks and Recreation, a TV show that I believe shows all its characters being excellent at something, which makes us like them more Tina Fey and Jimmy Fallon were the anchors on Weekend Update when David was submitting jokes to Saturday Night Live and first got a joke on the air “Seinfeld, a show about a stand up comic written by some of the funniest people in the world, but there are very few ‘joke jokes,’” David says. “They are placed in a situation and you see what this situation means to them. To me, that’s the highest form of writing comedy.” David wrote on New Girl, where he says he wrote a lot of joke-jokes The United States of Tara, starring Toni Collette, was the first scripted TV show David worked on UCLA Extension, which offers a lot of continuing education classes for writers Susanna Fogel, David’s co-writer on The Spy Who Dumped Me, which David says was written out of a “fist-shaking, ‘We’ll show you!’ energy.” David and Susanna’s episode of Scriptnotes, a screenwriting process hosted by John August, writer of Charlie’s Angels, Big Fish, Go, as well as the Arlo Finch middle grade series (listen to his First Draft episode here), and Craig Mazin, writer of upcoming series Chernobyl, as well as The Hangover Part II and Identity Thief. “I write jokes for a living, I sit at my hotel at night, I think of something that's funny, then I go get a pen and I write it down. Or if the pen is too far away, I have to convince myself that what I thought of ain't funny.” ~ Mitch Hedberg’s joke about writing jokes   Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free! Got a book to recommend? Record yourself raving about it, and send the audio file to sarah@firstdraftpod.com! Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

First Draft Episode #184: Alfred Gough and Miles Millar   Alfred Gough and Miles Millar, the TV and screenwriting duo behind Smallville and Into the Badlands, join Sarah to talk about their debut thriller, Double Exposure. The guys talk about how, even after writing and/or producing more than 300 hours of television and movies, they are still engaged in learning and improving their craft; getting on the superhero train WAY before the MCU; and delivering a satisfying ending in books. Links and Topics Mentioned In This Episode Bugs, a BBC One TV show created by UK-based Carnival Films (Agatha Christie’s Poirot; Downton Abbey; many others)  for which Al and Miles wrote two episodes The Hardy Boys series of children’s mysteries created by Edward Stratemeyer (who also created Nancy Drew)  and written by ghostwriters under the pen name Franklin W. Dixon The Peter Stark Producer program at USC, where Alfred and Miles met and learned all aspects of the film industry Laura Ziskin, producer of No Way Out, and Pretty Woman, who was an influential teacher at the USC film production program to Al and Miles William Goldman, an author (Adventures in the Screen Trade, The Princess Bride, many, many others) and screenwriter (Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid; All the President’s Men, among many others) renowned for writing scripts that entertained the reader -- a trend followed by screenwriters Shane Black (Lethal Weapon; The Last Boy Scout) and Joe Eszterhas (Flashdance; Basic Instinct) John August, Al and Miles’ classmate at USC and screenwriter of Big Fish, Frankenweenie, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, as well as author of the Arlo Finch middle grade series (listen to his First Draft interview here) Mango, the spec script that Al and Miles sold right out of film school Ace Ventura: Pet Detective, the movie that made Al and Miles’ spec script a hot commodity out of film school Scriptnotes, the podcast co-hosted by John August and fellow screenwriter Craig Mazin, which is a worthy companion podcast to any writers who enjoy First Draft!   Bugs, a BBC One TV show created by UK-based Carnival Films (Agatha Christie’s Poirot; Downton Abbey; many others)  for which Al and Miles wrote two episodes Homicide: Life on the Street, a police drama based on the work of David Simon (The Wire; Treme; The Deuce) 3rd Rock From the Sun, a sitcom in the 90s starring John Lithgow and Joseph Gordon-Levitt Lethal Weapon IV and Shanghai Noon, the two buddy comedy scripts that Al and Miles wrote before Smallville The WB, Smallville’s network (RIP) Lois and Clark, the TV show about Superman that predated Smallville     X-Men, the 2000 movie that helped bring about the superhero resurgence on film and TV Christopher Nolan, the writer and director who rebranded Batman in the well-regarded Dark Knight trilogy of films     Thor: Ragnarok and Spider-Man: Into the Spiderverse, two recent superhero movies with tons of comedy Spider-Man II, Al and Miles’ take on Spider-Man, which was a little more serious than the Spider-Man we know today Jenette Kahn, executive, publisher, editor-in-chief of DC Comics when Al and Miles created their spin on the Superman universe with Smallville     Buffy the Vampire Slayer and Dawson’s Creek, some of the teen stories that dominated TV when Smallville debuted I Am Number Four by Pittacus Lore (the pen name of James Frey, Jobie Hughes, and Greg Boose), and the film of the same name written by Al and Miles, and their first collaboration with James Frey (author of A Million Little Pieces and book entrepreneur with Full Fathom Five) Hannah Montana: The Movie, which Al and Miles produced, thanks to Al’s oldest daughter, who was obsessed with that TV show Jet Li, Jackie Chan, Donnie Yen, and Michelle Yeoh are among the internationally respected martial artists and actors Al and Miles have worked with     Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon and House of Flying Daggers are some of the epic movies that inspired Al and Miles for the world of Into the Badlands The Hunger Games by Suzanne Collins The DaVinci Code by Dan Brown as a model for the franchise character with a little-known job that leads to globe-trotting adventures--the kind of story Al and Miles were interested in telling with Double Exposure The famous transcript of Steven Spielberg, George Lucas, and Lawrence Kasdan talking about Raiders of the Lost Ark     The Alfred Hitchcock film North by Northwest, The ODESSA File by Frederick Forsyth, and the works of John le Carre are among the films and authors cited throughout Double Exposure Last Remaining Seats, a program that shows old movies in downtown Los Angeles The Zapruder Film (YouTube link) (warning: depicts a presidential assassination), which might factor into the Double Exposure follow-up novels… Mimi Leder, director of Deep Impact, gave the guys some great advice when they were feeling overwhelmed “Just cut the last two lines of every scene.” Advice from Quentin Tarantino that Al and Miles swear by The Girl on the Train by Paula Hawkins and Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn, two thrillers that they admire Hilary Mantel, author of Wolf Hall and Bring Up the Bodies James Patterson Waterstones bookstore in London         The Shannara Chronicles by Terry Brooks, which Al and Miles adapted for television   Al and Michaels loved taking Masterclass online classes from: David Mamet; Aaron Sorkin; Shonda Rhimes; and James Patterson   Subscribe To First Draft with Sarah Enni Every Tuesday, I speak to storytellers like Veronica Roth, author of Divergent; Michael Dante  DiMartino, co-creator of Avatar: The Last Airbender; John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, and Charlie and the Chocolate Factory; or Rhett Miller, musician and frontman for The Old 97s. Together, we take deep dives on their careers and creative works. Don’t miss an episode! Subscribe in Apple Podcasts, Spotify, Stitcher, or wherever you get your podcasts. It’s free!   Rate, Review, and Recommend How do you like the show? Please take a moment to rate and review First Draft with Sarah Enni in Apple Podcasts, Google Play, or wherever you listen to podcasts. Your honest and positive review helps others discover the show -- so thank you! Is there someone you think would love this podcast as much as you do? Please share this episode on Facebook, Twitter, Pinterest, or via carrier pigeon (maybe try a text or e-mail, come to think of it). Just click the Share button at the bottom of this post! Thanks again!

Blake and Shelby discuss What If It's Us by Becky Albertalli and Adam Silvera. March book selection: Five Feet Apart by Rachael Lippincott Also mentioned in this episode: Ink and Bone by Rachel Caine Obsidio by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff Simon vs the Homo Sapiens Agenda by Becky Albertalli The Upside of Unrequited by Becky Albertalli Leah on the Offbeat by Becky Albertalli They Both Die at the End by Adam Silvera The Fault in Our Stars by John Green Percy Jackson and the Olympians by Rick Riordan (series) Arlo Finch and the Lake of the Moon by John August Black Leopard, Red Wolf by Marlon James The Lady from the Black Lagoon by Mallory O'Meara Life is What You Make It by Adam Savage Aurora Rising by Amie Kaufman and Jay Kristoff

Et dejligt langt podcast afsnit om fantasy, med masser af gode titler og to spændende, udenlandske forfattere, Jennifer Bell og John August. Næsten to timer, endte denne podcast med at vare. Fordi vi synes fantasy er spændende. Men bare rolig, hvis du kun er ude efter inspiration til titler, så kan du nøjes med at høre den første halve time. Her er det børne- og ungebibliotekar Martin, fra Gladsaxe bibliotek, der deler nogle af sine yndlingstitler med os.  Bagefter kommer der to længere interviews, på engelsk. Først med den engelske forfatter Jennifer Bell, der har skrevet trilogien De Ualmindelige. En spændende historie om et søskendepar, der opdager hemmeligheder om deres familie og en helt anden verden, fuld af magi og udfordringer. De Ualmindelige er super til de 10-13 årige, eller hvis man lige er lidt for ung til Harry Potter, både til selv- og højtlæsning. Bagefter taler vi med den amerikanske forfatter John August, som har skrevet Arlo Finch i Flammernes dal. Det er den første i en trilogi, om drengen Arlo der flytter op i bjergene med sin familie, og som kommer til at gå i en spejdertrup der er lidt ud over det sædvanlige. Der foregår nemlig mange magiske ting, i de vilde bjerge. John August er filminstruktør og du kender ham måske fra den seneste filmatisering af Charlie og Chokoladefabrikken. Det er altså en dygtig fortæller vi har med at gøre her, og hans bog om Arlo er både filmisk smuk og helt vidunderlig eventyrlig. En bog til folk fra ca. 10 år og op. Medvirkende til interviews i denne podcast er Julie Arndrup og Kathrine Bach Pachniuk, Københavns biblioteker, der begge afslører drømme om en dag at figurere i en bog. I interviewet med John August hører du også Amalie Karnøe fra forlaget Alvilda. Her finder du en litteraturliste.  

Djävlar, helvetet & satan "Hell is empty and all the devils are here." Månadens avsnitt innehåller en djävulusisk samling satansgestalter! Vi intervjuar författaren Mike Carey, en av Lucifers många krönikörer som ger sin vinkling på varför vi så älskar att skriva om ondskan. Jenny och Gabriella diskuterar inspirerande djävulstolkningar och minns sina favoriter bland Satan och alla hans demoner. Vi har också en intervju med John August, screenwriter som jobbat mycket med Tim Burton och aktuell med ungdomsboken om Arlo Finch. 00:00 Inledning 58:68 Hur gestaltas fantastikens djävul? Supernatural, Lucifer, Angel Sanctuary 13:41 Interview: Mike Carey - Hellblazer, The Girl with All the Gifts, Lucifer, The Unwritten, Someone Like Me 34:43 Djävulslika figurer: Hannibal, Monster 44:33 Interview: John August - Arlo Finch, The Big Fish, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Frankenweenie 52:45 Satansgestalter vi minns: Sephirot, Randall Flagg, Devilman Mike Carey Serier från Vertigo: Hellblazer, Lucifer, The Unwritten Romaner: The Devil You Know, The City of Silk and Steel Som M R Carey: The Girl with All the Gifts, The Boy on the Bridge, Fellside, Someone Like Me Fler tips: Lucifer ( 2016-)• The Handmaid's Tale (2017-) • Westworld (2016-) • The Expanse (2015-2018) • Travelers (2016-) • Hereditary (2018) • It/Det (2017) • Thompson, Tade - Rosewater • Devil's Day - Hurley, Andrew M. • Milton, John - Paradise Lost • Blake, William - The Marriage of Heaven and Hell • Urasawa, Naoki - Monster • August, John - Arlo Finch i Eldsdalen • Rowling, J.K. - Harry Potter • Three Investigators • Duke, Annie - Thinking in Bets • Final Fantasy VII • Djävulens Advokat (1997) • King, Stephen - The Stand, The Dark Tower, Eyes of the Dragon • Devilman Crybaby • Devilman Crybaby (2018) • Toboso, Yana - Black Butler • Pratchett & Gaiman - Good Omens Länkar: John August podcast - Launch http://wondery.fm/launchhome

Evnen til å dramatisere en fortelling, lage scener, vendinger og spenning, den tar han med seg når han nå skal skrive barnebøker. John August er manusforfatter i Hollywood med storfilmer som "Charlie og sjokoladefabrikken" på samvittigheten. Nå er han aktuell med første bok i trilogien om speidergutten Arlo Finch. Boken er oversatt av Tore Aurstad. Reporter er Anne Cathrine Straume. Flere forfatterintervjuer hører du i Studio 2 på NRK P2 hver ettermiddag.

Surprise, it's a bonus episode! A couple weeks ago, John and Launch Executive Producer Ben Adair sat down at the Los Angeles Festival of Books to give a behind-the-scenes look into the creation of Launch — from their favorite parts of the show, to the challenges of hosting a narrative podcast — and we thought we'd share the presentation with all of y'all. Plus, John has updates on how Arlo Finch is doing, and how the second book is coming along (there's some controversy between "eldritch" and "Eldritch").Support this show by supporting our sponsors! Dollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit dollarshaveclub.com/Launch.Stamps.com - Enter code LAUNCH and get a 4 free week trial and a free postage scale at stamps.com.LinkedIn - Get a $50 credit toward your first job posting when you go to LinkedIn.com/Launch.

Liz Kelly is the manager of Production & Development Labs at Fox Global Inclusion group. She's out there working her ass off to help launch filmmakers careers. She explained what inclusion rider was to me, then shared what she learned from working with so many talented, hardworking filmmakers. Recorded 3.10.2018 Stacey Smith Professor at USC Annenberg and the inventor of inclusion rider https://annenberg.usc.edu/faculty/communication/stacy-smith San Diego Latino Film Festival (3/24) http://2018.sdlatinofilm.com/ Arlo Finch https://www.amazon.com/Arlo-Finch-Valley-Fire-August/dp/1626728143

When you really think about something, the chances of anything happening are so small. But people are planners. We make things happen. Where fate and plans align, that can be something special. Consider just writing and publishing a book, for example. What are the odds that happens?We'll be seeing what Connie and Jodi think about all of this, how books 2 and 3 of Arlo Finch are coming along, and think about the fact that any of this happened at all.Thank you to our sponsors:Audible - Get a 30-day free trial and a free audio book when you visit them at Audible.com/LaunchLinkedin - Get a $50 credit toward your first job posting when you visit them here: www.LinkedIn.com/LaunchDollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit them here: www.dollarshaveclub.com/Launch

John took Arlo on the road, hitting nine cities in thirteen days. We're absolutely sure that this is what rock stars feel like. These are some of the questions and answers that you sent in via email and asked John on the road.Thank you to our sponsors:Squarespace - Use the offer code LAUNCH at checkout when you are ready to launch your website at: www.squarespace.comSerial Box - check out the service that NPR calls the HBO of reading and receive 25% off your first season of any Serial Box series when you visit them at SerialBox.com/launch

John August (writer, screenwriter) talks to Chris about his movie Go, how they met back in the day and how he develops characters. He also talks about the process of writing a movie and getting it made, he gives advice to aspiring writers and talks about is new novel “Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire” and his new podcast Launch on Wondery!

Them flickerin' picture shows have been teasing some of the upcoming goodies of 2018! Talkin' about MOVIE TRAILERS here, kids. Join us as we gab about: Symbiotic Space Suits! Wade Wilson Part DEUX! Jesse's Strange Obsession with PAUL RUDD! Space Pirates Named HAN! Also, Jesse's recipe for Bantha Milkshakes.

John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Go and Charlie's Angels, on the rewards of always pushing yourself into new fields, as he did with his first middle grades novel, Arlo Finch in the Valley Of Fire. To learn more about listener data and our privacy practices visit: https://www.audacyinc.com/privacy-policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit https://podcastchoices.com/adchoices

John August, screenwriter of Big Fish, Go and Charlie's Angels, on the rewards of always pushing yourself into new fields, as he did with his first middle grades novel, Arlo Finch in the Valley Of Fire.

So, this is it. This is the day. After two years of writing and editing, proofreading and obsessing, Arlo Finch is finally out in the world. This book has gone from being an idea to an actual physical thing you can buy at a store.As a writer, John’s job is done. But as an author, he has a whole new set of responsibilities.He’s taking Arlo Finch on the road as its ambassador. He has to talk about the book, get other people talking about the book and (hopefully) buying the book.In this episode, we’ll be digging into how books are sold, how bookstores work, and how schools play a big role in the success of a middle-grade title. Plus we’ll get our first reviews of Arlo Finch.Thank you to our sponsors:Stamps - Enter code LAUNCH and get a 4 free week trial and a free postage scale when you visit them here: www.stamps.comDollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit them here: www.dollarshaveclub.com/Launch

In the limited-series podcast Launch, screenwriter John August documents the business and creative story behind his new middle-grade novel Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire. It’s a peak into the book, film and podcast worlds. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/consumed/support

John August is the author of Arlo Finch and the Valley of Fire and the host of Scriptnotes and Launch. He’s mostly known as a screenwriter. His credits include Go, Big Fish, Charlie’s Angels, Titan A.E., Charlie and Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride and Frankenweenie. He also owns the company Quote-Unquote Apps, where he has released several popular apps and doodads, including Highland, Weekend Read, Bronson Watermarker, and Less IMDb.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

This is the exclusive Inside Hollywood edition of printing and distributing books. Even Connie doesn’t know how it works. Paper factories make logs into pulp and presses make pages into books. The books are shipped out to be put on shelves. The most important shelves for Arlo are school libraries, and we talk to librarians about what they think of Arlo.But what do the advance reviews say? Did Kirkus and Booklist like it? Will the New York Times write it up? Will it sell? That’s the big question now because all the preparation is over. The book goes on sale today. Like... right now. February 6.This is it. This is launch.Thank you to our sponsors:Squarespace - Use the offer code LAUNCH at checkout when you are ready to launch your website at: www.squarespace.comLinkedin - Get a $50 credit toward your first job posting when you visit them here: www.LinkedIn.com/LaunchDollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit them here: www.dollarshaveclub.com/Launch

Screenwriter John August loves writing. He enjoys it so much, he decided to expand his writing repertoire from screenplays to novels. His new novel, Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, was two years in the making. And lucky for us, he documented that process to share with others in a new podcast called Launch. August is best known for writing Charlie’s Angels, Big Fish, and his films with Tim Burton (Frankenweenie, Charlie and the Chocolate Factory, Corpse Bride). He is also writing the new live action screenplay for Aladdin but due to some pretty strict privacy rules from Disney, we didn't delve into that story. But I'm hoping once the film comes out he'll come back on my show and gives a closer look at what it's like to re-imagine that classic story with live actors. In Launch, August shares interviews with publishers, meetings, and moments that chronicle his journey to publishing a novel. That novel is available now in stores and online and given the fantastical nature of his writing style, I can't wait to check it out. We talked about where his stories come from, which I've found isn't always easy for writers to talk about. But August isn't one of those writers to locks himself up and hides away the tools of the writing process. He's quite open about it and really seems to enjoy sharing his journey in the hopes that it helps others. He also has a podcast where he talks about screenwriting called Scriptnotes which he's hosted since 2011. Podcasts can be quite addictive, if I do say so myself, so it's no surprise that he's found a way to start another one. We also talk about how his life as a writer changed when he became a father. No more late night writing sessions. The writing hours are much more regular now than before his daughter came along. He also talks about why it's important for him to help other writers on their journey and I think you will love listening to what inspires him to write. Launch is available now on Wondery. Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire is available now in bookstores and online. To find out more about John and listen to his podcasts, visit JohnAugust.com

In this episode, we’re going to be judging a book by its cover, and we talked to Vivienne To, artist hired to come up with the design for Arlo Finch.We’ll also be nerding out over fonts and grammar. Plus, we’ll sit down with one of the most important readers of Arlo Finch -- the guy who has to read it aloud.Eventually Arlo Finch is here, in our hands, but how? We know where the words come from but the actual book? That’s another mystery worth solving - how do books get made?Follow Vivienne To on Instagram to see more of her work: https://www.instagram.com/vivienneto/Adam Ladd's Fonts are available online: https://www.fontspring.com/foundry/adam-laddFollow James Patrick Cronin on Twitter: https://twitter.com/JamesPCroninThank you to our sponsors:Stamps - Enter code LAUNCH and get a 4 free week trial and a free postage scale when you visit them here: www.stamps.comDollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit them here: www.dollarshaveclub.com/Launch

Saying “It’s like Harry Potter” is a useful way to describe a book, but He-Who-Must-Not-Be-Named should absolutely not be named in children’s publishing. Like Facebook or Instagram, it’s the unicorn that warps the industry, and “sets impossible expectations,” according to editor Connie Hsu.Most middle-grade fantasy series are duds, so not only might Arlo Finch not become Harry Potter, it might not become anything at all.Thank you to our sponsors:Squarespace - Use the offer code LAUNCH at checkout when you are ready to launch your website at: www.squarespace.comLinkedin - Get a $50 credit toward your first job posting when you visit them here: www.LinkedIn.com/LaunchDollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit them here: www.dollarshaveclub.com/Launch

Arlo Finch sprang from a phone call in an Austin hotel room in October 2015 during an epic thunderstorm. Screenwriter John August spent the next month tracing Arlo's journey over seven chapters and realized he had a book series on his hands. After talking to other screenwriters-turned-novelists, August decided it was time to find a publishing house for Arlo. There’s a preemptive offer, with only hours to decide.Thank you to our sponsors:Squarespace - Use the offer code LAUNCH at checkout when you are ready to launch your website when you visit them here: www.squarespace.comStamps - Enter code LAUNCH and get a 4 free week trial and a free postage scale when you visit them here: www.stamps.comDollar Shave Club - Get a DSC starter kit including a premium razor and shea butter cream for just $5 when you visit them here: www.dollarshaveclub.com/Launch

Readers, if you're intrigued by the behind-the-scenes of the publishing industry, this one's for you. In today's new episode I chat with John August, a screenwriter, devoted reader, and author of a brand-new (or soon-to-be) middle grade novel.As of this morning, John also has a brand new podcast out in the world: it’s called LAUNCH, and as someone who loves all the details about how books are born, I can’t wait to listen. This six-episode podcast tracks the launch of John’s novel, Arlo Finch in the Valley of Fire, John covers it all, from conceiving the idea to landing an agent to the editorial process to printing and pub date to book tour and beyond. We chat a little about the process today, as well as the difference between writing movies and writing books, stories that bridge two worlds, and John's unusual method of working, which is unlike any method I've previously heard of. Click over to the podcast website for the full list of titles discussed in this episode, and leave us a comment to let us know what YOU think John should read next!Connect with Anne: Blog | Twitter | Facebook | Instagram | WSIRN InstagramConnect with John: Website | Twitter | Instagram | LAUNCH podcast | Scriptnotes podcast

Three out of five people say they dream of writing a book. Chances are you’re one of them. But what does it take to actually go from dream to launch? Screenwriter John August wants to find out. After writing hit films like Big Fish, Go, and Charlie and The Chocolate Factory, he did something that he knew nothing about: he wrote a middle-grade novel and started recording his conversations with everyone he talked to about it.What will happen next? No idea. This is Launch.