If there is absolutely nothing else you take away from the blog of a person who reads scripts for money, take this: Move forward and bite. Don’t stop to explain how the ocean works. Or how eating fish to survive works. We get all that. When you rewrite, move forward. And bite. There will be…
Read moreTHE DARK KNIGHT RETURNS – Michael Keaton says “I’m #Batman” on #snl #saturdaynightlive (Source: https://vine.co/)
Read moreA visual joke, ladies and gentlemen.
Read moreliambeeks: stunningpicture: Nuns having a snow fight fucks given? nun. I love visual storytelling.
Read moreDESCRIBING BORING OUTFITS IN YOUR CHARACTER INTROS
Please don’t tell me he’s wearing jeans and a tee shirt. Or that she’s wearing a tank top and skirt. That is a waste of words. If the clothes are an important part of the character, WRITE it. “Her skirt matches her shirt like she ransacked the dumpster behind Forever 21″. It gives me something…
Read morebrightwalldarkroom: “The moment we cry in a film is not when things are sad but when they turn out to be more beautiful than we expected them to be.” —Alain de Botton
Read moreCLARITY
This is what it’s like to read a script with clarity issues. You can see that there’s a story there, but you can’t exactly make it out because it is mixed in with so much stuff that looks like it, but isn’t it. To improve your clarity, pick your idea and stick to it. First…
Read moreEnglish doesn’t borrow from other languages. English follows other languages down dark alleys, knocks them over and goes through their pockets for loose grammar. Terry Pratchett (via twisted-romance-black-roses) [I’ve posted this before, but’s it’s so worth a second look] (via dragonfiretwistedwire)
Read moreUseful Confession #9
If you read a script for a movie you love, you will immediately grasp how much of what you experienced was NOT ON THE PAGE. So read a bunch of scripts from movies you love. Screenwriting is not hand-holding and spoon-feeding.
Read moreThere are no laws for the novel. There never have been, nor can there ever be. Doris Lessing (via maxkirin)
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