Writers are readers first; indeed our love of reading is what unites us above all else. Eleanor Catton. (via sweetrosefromhelstone)
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: The Bad Blind Date
nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. You have a blind date. Nothing to go on, just a name. You smile, you shake hands, and then without preamble, your date sits down and launches into a monologue of therapy-grade personal disclosure. They tell you what the weather was like and what they were wearing during…
Read morecomeupkid415: lolfactory: The anthropologists decided that this tribe was to remain “uncontacted”. This is one of the best things iv seen today
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: Where Do I Begin?
nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. Your story has a beginning, a middle and an end but they don’t necessarily have to appear in that order. A good beginning has lots of things happening in it, things that make the reader curious about what’s going on. Once the reader is curious, they are hooked….
Read moregeekygothgirl: jmiah0192: Japanese child actress Mana Ashida (little Mako) was embarrassed that she couldn’t pronounce Guillermo Del Toro’s name so he gave her special permission to call him “Totoro-san” instead. My Neighbor Guillermo Del Toro. If I don’t reblog this, assume I’m dead. More adorable every time.
Read moreAny tips on writing short films? I am taking a short film class and while I enjoy it I find the fact that we can’t go over 10 minutes a little annoying. Also any tips for writing a script with no dialogue [2 minute] : sorry!!
annerocious: Yes! And yes. The best way to get over the hump about time limits and dialogue limits is to watch this short. 7 of the best short film minutes of your life. A short treats its topic in a very specific, stripped-down, highly-focused way. It can seem very roomy when you switch up your…
Read moreKnow this: whatever your favourite movie is, at some point during the writing of it the screenwriter felt completely lost Screenwriter Brian Koppleman (via bluecatscreenplay)
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: Where’s Waldo?
nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. Do you feel like you’re looking for your second act in a giant Where’s Waldo poster? You know it’s there somewhere, but so is everything else in the entire world. Efforts to find Waldo shouldn’t show in your final draft. It’s imperative for clarity that you don’t submit…
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