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Read moreMy exact experience of collaborating on a screenplay.
Read moreWHEN I READ A NOVEL THAT I WISH I’D WRITTEN
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Read moreWHEN ONE OF MY SUPPORTING CHARACTERS TAKES OVER THE WHOLE STORY
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Read moreWHEN YOU’RE WRITING A STORY & TRYING TO REMEMBER ALL THE RULES & ADVICE EVERYONE HAS TOLD YOU
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Read moreThere Will Be Spoilers #15: YOUTH
So I decided to read and remark upon all the awards scripts that are going around in Caty’s excellent post. Which keeps getting longer!! Youth is voluptuous, like one of those five-hour Roman dinners. Everything in it is weirdly marvelous. It’s the most Italian thing I’ve ever read. It is nothing like any script you…
Read moreteaurus: thegroceries: FAREWELL When you’re minding your own business and get dragged out of nowhere (Source: https://vine.co/)
Read moreWriters Writer Better…
resourcesforthemuse: annerocious: unclesean: annerocious: unclesean: annerocious: when they are acquiring practical skills. Knowing how to cook, fix a car, nurse, hang a shelf, grow a vegetable…those writers know that many more ways to tell a story. Reading is good, but expanding your practical skill set will make you a better storyteller. So, you’re saying I…
Read moreIdeal Way to Write a Screenplay
Have an idea about a specific person doing a specific thing. Write 90 pages about that. Put it away. Celebrate. Pick it up. Figure out what it’s actually about, which will be a pleasant surprise. Take out everything that isn’t about that. Fill in the spaces with work that is about that. Repeat steps 3-8…
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