17272dorsetave: You’ll know your first act once you know how your movie ends. John Lasseter
Read moreCertainly I believe in originality, but it lies with the teller, not the tale. —William Monahan (via gideonsway)
Read moreFirst day at school, Gaza, Palestine. this is the most important thing right now. Don’t look at anything else for a second. The first time I saw this image, it felt really disrespectful to make it about story. But I’m going to post it this time. This incredibly powerful image is the definition of visual…
Read moreliilyevanspotter: At first I was like what’s so great about yik yak but then
Read morecatalyncrwth: annerocious: Actual footage of me responding to notes that suggest I keep my story but change my genre. Also works for notes suggesting keeping the genre but transferring all the important action and motivations to a strapping male hero so the MC can take her rightful place as the rescuee/love interest/prize.
Read moreHelpful Hint From the Comment Section
Protags are easier to write when they are not a slightly blurred version of the writer. If you read a comment section on an “issue” piece of any kind, you can identify the characters represented there as if the usernames were “DelusionalMRA”, “MyFeelingsAreFacts” and “YouFoolishPeasants”. You understand everything about those people immediately. You know what…
Read morewriterlyn: I just read the first scene of three separate screenplays… … …and they all started with a pretty young woman getting killed. …. for fucks sake.
Read moreshitroughdrafts: Hey guys! I got a piece on the New Yorker today and would dig it if you checked it out. http://www.newyorker.com/humor/daily-shouts/inspired-harper-lee-literary-sequels
Read morecatalyncrwth: thescriptlab: Read these screenplays. Out loud. In the link: Belle (Fox Searchlight) Big Eyes (The Weinstein Company) Birdman (Fox Searchlight) Calvary (Fox Searchlight) The Box Trolls (Focus Features) Boyhood (IFC) The Fault In Our Stars (20th Century Fox) Get On Up (Universal Pictures) Gone Girl (20th Century Fox) The Grand Budapest Hotel (Fox Searchlight)…
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