scifrey: writeswrongs: magenmagenmagen: seriousjones: shut uuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuup TECHNOLOGY IS SCARY WAAAAAAH Some people make a living selling ebooks so go f-f-fuck yourself. Book lovers need to know something about millenials: -we don’t have a lot of money -we often don’t have a lot of space -and we move a lot more frequently than other generations might…
Read moreon imdb, if you search for john august for example, and then look at his writing credits, and some say STORY but others say SCREENPLAY and others say WRITTEN BY .. what the hell is the difference? I also saw this today when reading about TV staff writers. Some write story and some the teleplay? so confused!
scriptanalytics: writerlyn: All these are different credits given depending on contribution to the final film. (definitions lovingly copy and pasted from WGA website on Screen Credits Policies.) 1. “Written by” The term “Written by” is used when the writer(s) is entitled to both the “Story by” credit and the “Screenplay by” credit. This credit shall…
Read moreEvery good film starts with a script. As does a bad film. Richard Ayoade (in ‘ayoade on ayoade’)
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: Hoarder Edition
nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. A first draft is a hoarder house. It is piled full of things of great value to the writer, things that feel necessary and beautiful and valuable, or at least are too nice to throw away. The experience of the reader to the hoarder draft is, “Why are…
Read moreStory development——————————-> First draft
Read moreYour manuscript is both good & original; but the part that is good is not original, & the part that is original is not good. Samuel Johnson (via thescriptlab)
Read moreMore than half, maybe as much as two-thirds of my life as a writer is rewriting. I wouldn’t say I have a talent that’s special. It strikes me that I have an unusual kind of stamina. John Irving (via maxkirin)
Read more“How is NaNoWriMo going today,” you ask?
write-edit-rinse-repeat: Passive voice kills, people!
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