runningmandz: Sure, I’m a “go-with-the-flow” kind of person…as long as that flow is detail oriented, goes according to plan and has its own color coded itinerary. 

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Reporting

annerocious: A reporting scene is when someone comes running in to tell your protagonist that The Boy asked The Other Girl to the prom. As an example. Every time I read one, I want to call the writer on the actual phone, to hear their voice, so I can ask them why they didn’t SHOW…

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Writing What You Know

annerocious: Is fine, to a point, but if you’re an average writer, you’re a terrible protagonist.  Your action will be direct and your conflicts clear when your protagonist is someone completely outside the sphere of how YOU, a writer, would handle the events of the plot. YOU would do what writers do: observe, reflect, process,…

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Scriptnotes, 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August

Scriptnotes, 237: Sexy But Doesn’t Know It | A ton of useful information about screenwriting from screenwriter John August annerocious: Craig (Mazin, talking about character intros): “Well, the standard lines are hard to do well because there are 14 billion screenplays in the world, 99.9 of which are terrible, and they all are chunked with…

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writerofscreen: The Best Screenwriting Lessons in 6 Seconds Ever! (via https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Mnc8o257Yzg) (Source: https://www.youtube.com/)

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wrdsmthinla: follow•trust•chase•believe Happy Birthday to this little munchkin … the one they call Poppyseed #WRDSMTH

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tbbackus: manicpixietrashmonster: stained-glass-sphinx: johannesviii: silverilly: bookshop: mydaywithd: Julie D’Aubigny was a 17th-century bisexual French opera singer and fencing master who killed or wounded at least ten men in life-or-death duels, performed nightly shows on the biggest and most highly-respected opera stage in the world, and once took the Holy Orders just so that she could…

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