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I am interested in affecting people with story in such a way that they may feel emotionally, politically, psychologically more open to maybe a different way of looking at the world. Peter Bowker (scriptwriter – BBC Writers’ Room interview)
Read morejust-writer-problems: Requested by canadianontheinside. Joss Whedon says jump to the juicy bits and work the boring stuff in later. I think it’s a good idea.
Read moreFictional characters are a lot like real people. You need to keep them busy. Amanda Patterson (via writingquotes)
Read moreNotes From a Screenreader: ’20 Feet From Stardom’
Notes From a Screenreader: ’20 Feet From Stardom’ nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. If you have not seen 20 Feet from Stardom, put it at the top of your to-do list. It won an Oscar, and it is the non plus ultra of setting your inner star loose on the world. A voice…
Read moreNotes from a Screenreader: Old News
Notes from a Screenreader: Old News nywift: Photo via Go Into the Story. How long ago did you write your script? Does it show? It is impossible to stay convincingly up to the minute with technology and pop culture in a script, but it is possible to blow the dust off by doing a careful…
Read moreGive your story room enough to breathe.
Read moreinvoluntaryadult: Writers always talk about how they had to get ten or so bad scripts out of their systems before their work started getting good, and I so feel that. Honestly, I kind of still think I’m still in that bad/average phase. But the important thing is, I’m getting better. Looking between the first script…
Read moreTHE SCREENWRITER’S JOURNEY BY NICK MILLER
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